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The WCC general secretary lit a peace candle during an ecumenical celebration at the Anglican cathedral in Colombo.

Sri Lankan churches face challenges amid raging war

Trauma and bitterness are among the challenges Sri Lankan churches must face in promoting peace and reconciliation as the island nation is in the middle of an intense war, a World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation has learnt during a 19-23 October visit to the country.

22 October 2008
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Migration to West Papua is threatening to marginalize its indigenous inhabitants. Photo: Peter Williams/WCC Click here for high resolution

West Papuans "traumatized", WCC team tells Indonesian government

West Papuans have yet to recover from the trauma of human rights violations. At the same time continuing in-migration is threatening to marginalize them in their resource-rich province, an ecumenical team from the World Council of Churches (WCC) told top-level Indonesian government officials.

29 July 2008
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The ecumenical family "helped us to stand the slaughter and trauma during the war", Bishop Rudolph Deng Majak (far left) told the delegation led by Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia (left). The visitors were also welcomed by Rev. Musa Kodi Jura (right) and Rev. Peter Tibi (far right).

Sudanese churches face "tremendous tasks and challenges"

Amid ongoing fighting and humanitarian crises in several regions of Sudan, and risks of failure in implementing the 2005 peace agreement that ended two decades of civil war between north and south, the Sudanese people and churches face "tremendous tasks and challenges", an international ecumenical team of church representatives was told at the beginning of an eight-day solidarity visit to the country.

28 March 2008
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Rwanda genocide museum

Theologians to discuss cruelty, the ugly face of violence

What does cruelty have to do with theology? Some 25 theologians from all over the world will gather on 5-8 December in Crêt-Bérard (near Lausanne, Switzerland), to discuss why and to what extent cruelty can be considered as a new theme for theological reflection.

30 November 2006