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Speech by Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm at 70th Anniversary Hiroshima Day Rally, World Conference Against A and H Bombs, Green Arena, Prefectural Gymnasium, Hiroshima, 6 August 2015. WCC Pilgrimage to Hiroshima and Nagasaki 5-9 August 2015.

Joint prayer for the peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula
by the National Council of Churches in Korea and the Korean Christian Federation Central Committee

Speech by Rev. Dr Sang Chang, WCC Asia President, Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, at the Nuclear Disarmament Symposium Hiroshima, 6 August 2015.

Greetings to the Mennonite World Assembly by Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC associate general secretary for Public Witness and Diakonia.

Greetings by the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit on the 50th anniversary of the Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the WCC.

It is with concern that we hear of the outbreak of MERS in South Korea following the identification of the first case on 20th May 2015, coming from an unfortunate traveller who had recently visited an affected area in the Middle East.

Report from the first meeting of the ECHOS - Commission on youth engagement in the ecumenical movement: 8-13 May 2015, Cairo, Egypt

Living Together in the Household of God:
Isabel Phiri's speech at CCA in Jakarta
A Theological Reflection
14th GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE OF ASIA
D. T. NILES MEMORIAL LECTURE
Friday, May 22, 2015
20- 27 May 2015, Jakarta- Indonesia

Message of the presidents of the World Council of Churches at Pentecost 2015

“Our life and our death are with our neighbour” – this is a spiritual affirmation from the Christian tradition which we owe to Saint Anthony, a monk from Egypt of the third and fourth century. This is our common legacy from the early years of Armenia and its Christian history. To be human is to be part of the one humanity. From the first day of our life we depend on others. Today we are reminded in a dramatic way that belonging to one another is our destiny, for better or for worse. The gift of life together includes our responsibility for one another. This is a matter of being human, created by God for fellowship and unity.

Speech by WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit at the funeral of Rev. Dr Philip Potter in Lübeck, Germany.

Speech given by WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit at the ceremony in which he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hanshin.

The last in the series of theological reflections of the Lenten campaign “Seven Weeks for Water” is by Prof. Chung Hyun Kyung, a Korean Theologian teaching at the Union Theological Seminary in the USA. She reflects on the issues related to water from a Salimist (Korean eco-feminist) perspective. She highlights how we cannot serve both God and the Mammon at the same time and that Lent provides an opportunity to repent from our sins of abusing resources of mother earth, particularly of water, driven by capitalism. She emphasizes strongly on the “restorative justice” in making our relationship with God and nature – a just one!

Letter from the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit to The Rt. Rev. Peter Skov-Jakobsen, Bishop of Copenhagen, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark, after attacks in Copenhagen.

Sermon from Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary, at the 2nd Sunday of Advent, Ecumenical Advent Prayer for Peace
Kyoto Catholic Cathedral, Kyoto, Japan.

Greetings to the EKD Synod, held from 9–12 November, in Dresden, Germany by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary, delivered by Father Dr Daniel Buda.

WCC general secretray's speech for the ACT Alliance Assembly held from 21-24 October 2014 in Punta Cana, The Dominican Republic.

Greetings from the WCC general secretray Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit to Hindus on the occasion of Diwali.

A message on Jewish New Year "Rosh Ha-Shanah" from the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit for the members of the Jewish community.

Message from the international ecumenical consultation "Churches Advocating for Stateless Persons" in Den Dolder, Netherlands, 12 – 14 September 2014