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Speakers and participants will explore the question: What does it mean to be the church within the contemporary context of world Christianity?

Elder Metropolitan John Zizioulas of Pergamon passed away on 2 February at the age of 92.

He served as assistant secretary to the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order from November 1967 to September 1970.

Exprimant la profonde tristesse du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) à la suite de l’annonce par le Saint-Siège du décès de Sa Sainteté le pape émérite Benoît XVI aujourd’hui, le secrétaire général par intérim du COE, le père Ioan Sauca, a déclaré:

«Au nom du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, j’exprime nos plus sincères condoléances à l’occasion du décès du pape émérite Benoît XVI. Il a été le premier pape originaire d’un pays, l’Allemagne, comportant à peu près autant de protestants que de catholiques, et qui avait été au centre même de la Réforme du XVI^e siècle.»

Expressing the profound sadness of the World Council of Churches (WCC) following the announcement by the Holy See of the death of His Holiness Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI today, the WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca stated:

“On behalf of the World Council of Churches, I express our deepest condolences on the passing of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. He was the first pope to have come from a country, Germany, with a roughly equal balance between Protestants and Catholics, and one that had been at the very centre of the 16th century Reformation.”

As the study groups of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order Commission convened this week, the paper “Towards a Global Vision of the Church Volume I: Explorations on Global Christianity and Ecclesiology” was released.

At a World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly press conference held 7 September, Anglican, Catholic, and Orthodox voices joined a WCC Faith and Order member to explore the meaning of Christian unity.

The Fifth International Conference on Receptive Ecumenism was held in Sigtuna, Sweden on 27-30 June, exploring the theme “Transforming Ecumenism – listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.” (Rev 2:7)

As part of an ongoing series on bilateral dialogues, the World Council of Churches (WCC) will host a webinar, “Church, Mission, and the Bonds of Koinonia,” on 27 April that will bring in voices from the Anglican Communion, World Communion of Reformed Churches, and World Pentecostal Fellowship.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order released a new publication, “Common Threads: Key Themes from Responses to The Church: Towards a Common Vision”.

Le Comité exécutif du Groupe mixte de travail de l’Église catholique romaine et du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) s’est réuni en ligne le 12 octobre pour échanger des réflexions sur les moyens de relever les défis actuels et pour planifier la sortie de ses futures publications.