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By Hanna Smidt(*)

<span style="font-weight: bold; "» Where is the ecumenical movement going in the 21st century?

Churches worldwide will address violence against women and children within the framework of a World Council of Churches (WCC) campaign, "On the wings of a dove".

<span style="font-weight: bold; "» WCC general secretary to visit Latin America

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To "expose and inspire" the US churches' witness to "the power and promise of peace" is the aim of events being organized in October in Atlanta, Georgia, by the US Conference for the World Council of Churches (WCC).

By HH Aram I (*)

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By Bernice Powell Jackson (*)

The general secretaries of eight regional ecumenical bodies and of the World Council of Churches (WCC) have sent a letter to UN secretary-general Kofi Annan "reaffirming the deep desire" of their organisations and member churches "to support the United Nations" and the person of its secretary-general "at this critical time on the world scene".

Churches representing over 550 million Christians world-wide have been invited for the first time to mark 21 September as an International Day of Prayer for Peace .

+ Ecumenical leaders discuss future of ecumenism

By Elizabeth S. Tapia (*)

by Aruna Gnanadason (*)

The WCC has forcefully denounced the series of bombings which targeted Christian churches in Iraq on 1 August 2004.

By George Martinson *

Annan welcomes proposal to mark International Day of Peace with prayer

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By Jean Martensen (*)

Cf. WCC Press Update PU-02-24 of 20 August 2002