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On 6 April, WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit addressed the issue of global security in a contribution to York Minster’s lecture series Global Security and the United Nations: 70 years on, in York, UK.

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit welcomes the meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill in Cuba as an historic ecumenical event, and very timely in the context of the conflicts and crises currently causing so much suffering in the world.

Comments on the encyclical letter Laudato Si’ of Pope Francis: The encyclical – earth as common home

Speech given by WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit at the Nordic Conference on Systematic Theology, Helsinki, on 9 January, 2016

Greetings from the WCC brought to the Synod of Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church on the Family in the Vatican by Rev. Dr Walter Altmann, former moderator of the WCC Central Committee.

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.

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.

A personal testimony by Bishop Jonas Jonson, presented at the meeting celebrating WCC-RCC Joint Working Group 50 years in Rome, 23 June 2015.

Statement by the WCC general secretary on the Encyclical Letter "Laudato Si’" of Pope Francis on care for our common home

In a letter sent to H.E. Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Rev. Dr Tveit expressed the joy experienced by Christians of many traditions at the beatification of Msgr Oscar Romero.

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

The fourth biblical reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2015 is by Elias Wolff, a Roman Catholic priest and professor from southern Brazil’s Curitiba region and a representative of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) to the International Reference Group of the Ecumenical Water Network of the WCC representing the CNBB. He highlights that water as a gift of God becomes the image of God, who gives life. It is an instrument by which the life plan of God comes true on earth. God’s self-revelation is sometimes experienced through the image of water.

The third biblical reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2015 is by Rommel F. Linatoc, the Christian Conference of Asia representative to the International Reference Group of the Ecumenical Water Network of the WCC. He is currently the executive secretary for Christian Unity and Ecumenical Relations at the National Council of Churches in the Philippines. He highlights the importance of using water imagery in our liturgies to talk about justice. He also challenges us to not limit our liturgical celebrations to Sunday services but that they should become a part of our life.

Letter to the Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos expressing concern over protection of human rights defenders

Report concerning the membership of WCC governing and consultative bodies as well as by laws, among other issues, as approved by the WCC Central Committee.

Jesus lhe disse: Dá-me de beber! (João 4,7) O gesto bíblico de oferecer água a quem chega, como forma de acolhida e partilha, é algo que se repete em todas as regiões do Brasil. O estudo e a meditação propostos neste texto para a Semana de Oração têm o objetivo de ajudar as pessoas e comunidades a perceber a dimensão dialogal do projeto de Jesus, que chamamos de Reino de Deus.

Gemeinsam vorbereitet und veröffentlicht vom Päpstlichen Rat zur Förderung der Einheit der Christen und der ÖRK-Kommission für Glauben und Kirchenverfassung, basierend auf den Vorbereitungen brasilianischer Christen/innen. Übersetzung: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Christlicher Kirchen in Deutschland.

Jointly prepared and published by the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity and the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2015 is rooted in the experience of the churches in Brazil.

Preparados conjuntamente por el Consejo Pontificio para la Promoción de la Unidad de los Cristianos y la Comisión Fe y Constitución del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias.

Jésus lui dit: « Donne-moi à boire » (Jn 4, 7). Les premiers travaux sur le thème pour la semaine de prière de 2015 ont été réalisés par un groupe constitué de représentants des Églises membres du Conseil national des Églises du Brésil (CONIC) et d’organisations oecuméniques qui lui sont affiliées.