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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is holding Norway in prayer and concern after the nation was struck by the most powerful storm in a generation.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay served as a keynote speaker at the Ninth Conference for Research in Diakonia and Christian Social Practice, hosted by the International Society for the Research and Study of Diakonia and Christian Social Practice and VID Specialized University. The theme of the conference was “Contested Spaces of Diaconia – Seeking Justice, Safety and Well-Being.”

During the ecumenical prayer for the staff of the Ecumenical Centre on 15 March, Bishop Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, presiding bishop of the Bishops’ Conference of the Church of Norway, expressed his appreciation for the work of the ecumenical movement during the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

After more than 30 years as a pastor, ecumenist and church leader, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit firmly believes that the church can change the world. As general secretary of the WCC for the past ten years, he has witnessed what Jesus Christ means to people of faith around the globe. By the end of this month he heads home to lead the Church of Norway as presiding bishop of its bishop’s conference.

Après plus de 30 ans en tant que pasteur, œcuméniste et responsable d’Église, le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit est fermement convaincu que l’Église peut changer le monde. Secrétaire général du COE depuis dix ans, il a vu ce que Jésus Christ signifiait pour des croyant-e-s du monde entier. À la fin du mois, il rentrera chez lui pour diriger l’Église de Norvège en tant qu’évêque président de la conférence épiscopale.

Speaking in Bergen, Norway at an international conference on Sustainability and Climate in Re-ligion organized by the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, The Church of Norway and The Council for Religious and Life Stance Communities in Norway, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit offered reflections on “What’s love got to do with it? Climate justice and care for the earth.”

S’exprimant à Bergen, en Norvège, à l’occasion de la conférence internationale sur la durabilité et les changements climatiques dans la religion, organisée par l’université de Norvège occidentale en sciences appliquées, l’Église de Norvège et le Conseil pour les communautés religieuses et philosophiques de Norvège, le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, a fait part de ses réflexions autour de la question: «En quoi l’amour est-il concerné? La justice climatique et le souci de la planète».

On 30 January, the Church Council of the Church of Norway appointed World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit as the new presiding bishop for the Church of Norway.

Le 30 janvier, Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), a été nommé évêque-président de l’Église de Norvège par son Conseil d’Églises.

Religions for Peace is the world's largest and most representative multi-religious coalition, and as in other multi-faith groups, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its ecumenical family figure strongly in its leadership bodies.

«Religions pour la paix» (Religions for Peace) est la coalition multireligieuse la plus importante et la plus représentative au monde et, à l’instar d’autres groupes multiconfessionnels, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) et sa famille œcuménique sont très présents dans ses instances dirigeantes.

Pilgrims coming from Germany, Italy and Norway ended their journeys for climate justice on 7 December upon arrival at the St Stephen’s Church in Katowice, Poland, where the United Nations (UN) climate conference is underway. They were warmly welcomed by the delegations of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) that are attending the 24th Conference of Parties of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24).

Dr. Agnes Abuom, moderator of the WCC Central Committee, offered a speech entitled “A Clarion Christian Call to Justice and Peace: Ending Global Inequality and Climate injustice” at the Justice Conference in Oslo, Norway on 9 November.

New hope for world’s tropical forests arises as the Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Daoist leaders join indigenous forest guardians to launch global effort to end deforestation. Interfaith rainforest initiative, created by global coalition to fight escalating threats to endangered forests in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America is vital to slowing climate change.

Un nouvel espoir est né pour les forêts tropicales du monde entier alors que des responsables chrétiens, musulmans, juifs, hindous, bouddhistes et taoïstes se sont joints aux autochtones protecteurs de la forêt afin de lancer l’effort mondial visant à mettre fin à la déforestation. L’Interfaith Rainforest Initiative (initiative interreligieuse pour la forêt tropicale humide), créée par une coalition internationale pour lutter contre les dangers qui guettent de plus en plus les forêts en Afrique, en Asie du Sud-Est et en Amérique latine, est indispensable pour ralentir les changements climatiques.

“Now is the time for someone to take action, to start building that bridge. It is possible, if we all contribute our part,” said WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit in Oslo, Norway on 17 February. Speaking at a convention of union members and political leaders, Tveit offered the final reflection on a day under the theme ”Bridges to the future”.