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The Dicastery for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue is hosting a conference in Rome on the importance of women building a culture of interreligious encounter.

Recognizing the deep need for, “renewed dialogue within the ecumenical movement,” the WCC 11th Assembly released a statement “strongly affirming the commitment of the WCC and its member churches to peace making through inter-religious dialogue and cooperation at all levels,” and calling for a global ceasefire in all armed conflicts around the world.

As the Bridge Builder Awards were presented in a ceremony in Oslo on 22 November, interreligious peacemakers stood together to be recognized for their vital work in raising the values of respect, love, and tolerance for each other.

At the G20 Interfaith Forum, which took place 12-14 September in Bologna, Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, spoke on religious commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those focusing on children, hunger, water and sanitation.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, spoke on “Is Christian Ecumenism a Model?” at the G20 Interfaith Forum in Bologna, Italy being held 12-14 September.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca will participate in the G20 Interfaith Forum, to be held in Bologna, Italy on 12-14 September.

El secretario general en funciones del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, se reunió el 31 de agosto en el Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey con el Dr. Muhammad Bin Abulkarim Al-Issa, secretario general de la Liga Mundial Islámica, con sede en La Meca, y con Aamir Javed Sheikh, director de la Fundación Diálogo por la Paz, con sede en Noruega.

Le secrétaire général intérimaire du Conseil oecuménique des Églises, le père prof. Ioan Sauca, s’est entretenu avec Mohammad Bin Abulkarim Al-Issa, secrétaire général de la Ligue islamique mondiale basée à La Mecque, et Aamir Javed Sheikh, responsable de la Foundation Dialogue for Peace basée en Norvège, à l’Institut œcuménique de Bossey le 31 août dernier.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca met with Dr Muhammad Bin Abulkarim Al-Issa, secretary general of the Mecca-based Muslim World League and Aamir Javed Sheikh, head of the Norway-based Foundation Dialogue for Peace, at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute on 31 August.

A high-level dialogue on urgent efforts by leading non-governmental organizations to sustain a global, multinational dialogue and cooperation amid the COVID-19 pandemic will take place on 30 August.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is receiving a Bridge Builder Award for building bridges of understanding between people, nations, and communities at national and international levels. The award is presented by the Jury of the 14th August Committee Norway together with The Oslo Center.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha sido premiado con el Bridge Builder Award por tender puentes de entendimiento entre pueblos, naciones y comunidades a escala nacional e internacional. El premio ha sido otorgado por el jurado del Comité Noruego del 14 de Agosto junto con el Centro de Oslo.