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Communique from the 10th Dialogue between WCC and CID

In this divided and troubled world, WCC (World Council of Churches) and CID (Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue) were able to meet for the 10^th Dialogue at The Ecumenical Institute Bossey, Switzerland.

09 December 2022

WCC Programmes

Lecture - Speech

Experiences of promoting global coexistence and Human Fraternity - Lecture of the WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca at the “Bahrain Dialogue Forum"

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca delivered a lecture during the first edition of the “Bahrain Dialogue Forum: East and West for Human Coexistence” held 3-4 November. Sauca’s lecture took place during a forum session entitled “Experiences of Promoting Global Coexistence and Human Fraternity.”

03 November 2022

General Secretary

Blog post

Interreligious dialogue calling for participation and acting together

The World Council of Churches 11th Assembly theme, ”Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” cannot be separated from the issues of interreligious dialogue, peace, and conflict resolution.

14 October 2022

Rr. Manda Andrian

Applications open for upcoming Young Adults Training for Religious Amity

Applications are open for a Young Adults Training for Religious Amity program (YATRA) to be held in October.

15 September 2022

Feature story

Workshop explores how interreligious dialogue brings trust and respect

Can inter-religious encounters and dialogue help address challenges and conflicts? Can representatives of different religions act together for peace?

15 September 2022

Joint Message of Thursdays in Black Ambassadors on Gender-based Violence, Sexual Abuse and Faith Communities

In a joint message on gender-based violence, sexual abuse, and faith communities, 26 World Council of Churches (WCC) Thursdays in Black ambassadors lament that the scourge of sexual and gender-based violence continues unabated—and call on faith communities to prevent such violence in their own spaces.

11 August 2022

WCC Programmes

A group of Oromo IDPs walk on the dry riverbed near Burka Dare IDP site in Seweyna woreda (administrative unit), Bale Zone, Ethiopia, Photo: Albin Hillert/Life on Earth Pictures

WCC, Religions for Peace will release joint message on statelessness: “Belonging—Affirmations for Faith Leaders’

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and Religions for Peace will issue on 9 May a joint message on statelessness, “Belonging—Affirmations for Faith Leaders”.

The document is one of the most recent fruits of WCC work that has been ongoing for more than a decade around the issue of statelessness. It is currently available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.

06 May 2022

WCC intervention on the Christian Witness Anniversary, Rome, 2 May 2022

By Abraham Wilar Silo, WCC Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation

2 May 2022

Your eminence Cardinal Ayuso, Msgr. Kodithuwakku, colleagues, interlocutors, and friends,

I wish first to thank Msgr. Indunil and all the contributors to this new volume on the import of the Christian Witness document.

04 May 2022

WCC Programmes

Collage of three images, showing Muslim, Christian and Jewish prayers in the city of Jerusalem.

For Christians, Jews, Muslims, shared Easter weekend has peace calls in midst of Jerusalem restrictions and violence

Easter for Christians, Passover for Jews, and Ramadan for Muslims coincided on the weekend of 15-17 April this year. Still, violence in the holy city of Jerusalem shared by the three faiths was a reminder of the fragility of their relationships.

20 April 2022

WCC calls for freedom of access to worship in the Holy Land and preservation of the Status Quo of Jerusalem

Following an 11 April statement of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem expressing grave concerns over announced police restrictions on Holy Fire Saturday, the World Council of Churches (WCC) strongly condemned such measures restricting access to places of worship as violations of religious freedom in the Holy Land.

12 April 2022

His Beatitude Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, Photo: Peter Williams/WCC

“Coexistence,” book by Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania brings a renowned voice to the human condition

A new publication from WCC, “Coexistence: Peace, Nature, Poverty, Terrorism, Values (Religious Perspectives)” by Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania, is now available in hard copy and as an eBook.

24 March 2022

Burning candles - Chapel of the Ecumenical Centre - Geneva

WCC mourns loss of Dr John Taylor, an interreligious bridge builder

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the death of Dr John Taylor, who with an initial job title of WCC programme secretary for Christian Muslim relations, later became head of the WCC interreligious office from 1980-83.

14 January 2022

Event

detail of "Journey Towards Peace, a quilt at the chapel of the ecumenical center, Geneva

Bridge Builder Award Cemony 2021

22 November 2021

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.

Oslo

Publication

Thursdays in Black Bible Studies Series 1

Listening, Learning and Responding to the Word of God

Led by Thursdays in Black Ambassadors – leaders in their communities committed to being visible and outspoken against such violence – a series of Bible studies are being prepared for individual and congregational reflection on sexual and gender-based violence. Such reflection will help us listen to the word of God and apply our faith and vision of justice, peace, and love in our contexts today. This first series of reflections address critical topics in our societies and Christian communities that contribute to or respond to gender-based violence and provide diverse perspectives from our wide ecumenical fellowship.

A core group of Thursdays in Black Ambassadors oversaw this Bible study series: Anders Göranzon, Claudia Bandixen, and Karen Georgia Thompson.

21 October 2021

Dr Agnes Abuom at the Ecumenical centre in Geneva

Dr Abuom reflects on women of faith as healers of creation

Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, shared a message with the Conference of the World Council of Religious Leaders on Faith and Diplomacy: Generations in Dialogue, being held 4-7 October in Lindau, Germany.

05 October 2021

Moderator of Central Committee

Women of Faith: Protagonists of Human Dignity, Peace and Healers of Creation

Moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee Dr Agnes Abuom shared a message with the Conference of the World Council of Religious Leaders on Faith and Diplomacy: Generations in Dialogue, being held 4-7 October in Lindau, Germany.

05 October 2021

Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches.

WCC acting general secretary reflects on faith and diplomacy at Religions for Peace conference

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca offered a greeting to the Conference of the World Council of Religious Leaders on Faith and Diplomacy: Generations in Dialogue, scheduled for 4-7 October in Lindau, Germany.

04 October 2021

Lecture - Speech

Greetings by Rev. Prof Dr Ioan Sauca to the Conference of the World Council of Religious Leaders on Faith and Diplomacy

Greetings by Rev. Prof Dr Ioan Sauca, World Council of Churches, Acting General Secretary, co-president of Religions for Peace.

04 October 2021

General Secretary