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World Council of Churches (WCC) Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed concern over a violent protest by rightwing Jewish activists against an Evangelical Christian event in Jerusalem on 28 May.

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca will speak on “Churches and humanitarian aid” during a conference organized by the Foundation Dialogue for Peace, to be held 10 June in Geneva. 

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.

التقى الأمين العام بالنيابة لمجلس الكنائس العالمي القس البروفيسور الدكتور يوان سوكا مع الدكتور محمد بن عبد الكريم العيسى، الأمين العام لرابطة العالم الإسلامي ومقرها مكة والسيد أمير جافد الشيخ، رئيس رابطة الحوار من أجل السلام ومقرها في النرويج، في المعهد المسكوني في بوسي يوم 31 أغسطس/ آب.

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.

Der geschäftsführende Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Priester Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, hat sich am 31. August im Ökumenischen Institut in Bossey mit Dr. Muhammad Bin Abulkarim Al-Issa, dem Generalsekretär der in Mekka ansässigen Islamischen Weltliga, und mit Aamir Javed Sheikh, dem Präsidenten der norwegischen Stiftung „Foundation Dialogue for Peace“, getroffen.

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.

Speaking during a 30 August “Dialogue on COVID-19 and Consequences for Global Multilateral Cooperation,” World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca offered a keynote speech focusing on urgent efforts to sustain a global, multinational dialogue and cooperation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.