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Paving the way for ecumenical studies, learning English in Bossey

Each year students from all over the world arrive at Bossey near Geneva for a three-month language training course to pave their way for ecumenical studies that follow on straight after. “The title captures the goal of the course,” says Father Lawrence Iwuamadi, the Nigerian priest who studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and is academic dean of the Ecumenical Institute.

WCC releases message after visit to Nicaragua in midst of political crisis

“We have sought to support dialogue as a means to resolve differences, and to reaffirm and strengthen calls for justice, peace and respect for diverse ways of thinking in contemporary societies”, reads a message issued by the members of an ecumenical delegation organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) that visited Nicaragua on 28-29 August.

Les Églises de Corée continuent d'œuvrer pour la paix

Le Comité central de la Fédération chrétienne de Corée (Corée du Nord) et le Conseil national des Églises de Corée (Corée du Sud) ont composé leur prière annuelle commune pour la réunification pacifique de la péninsule coréenne. Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises invite sa communauté et toutes les personnes de bonne volonté à réciter cette prière lors des différents services religieux, en particulier le 12 août, le week-end précédant le 15 août, date anniversaire de la libération et de la division de la Corée.

«Aujourd’hui est un jour de joie et de danse» - les Coréens du Nord et du Sud unis en un symbole d’unité

En un puissant symbole d’unité, les chrétiens de la Corée du Nord et du Sud ont chanté ensemble, hier, à l’occasion des célébrations du 70e anniversaire du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE). Les Coréens ont uni leurs forces et ont chanté en chœur une chanson folk vieille de 600 ans, Arirang, l’hymne officieux de la Corée – la Corée unifiée, avant la guerre civile qui a scindé le pays en deux dans les années 1950.

World stands together to pray for peace on Korean Peninsula

As people in Seoul held a candlelight vigil on 7 June to pray for peace on the Korean Peninsula, they were joined by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva, the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC), and hundreds of others across the world.

Le Forum chrétien mondial renouvelle la confiance entre les différentes traditions chrétiennes, déclare le secrétaire général du COE

Le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, a déclaré aux participants du troisième rassemblement mondial du Forum chrétien mondial (FCM) à Bogota, en Colombie, que le FCM joue un rôle admirable dans le renouvellement de la confiance entre les participants et dans l’ouverture de nouvelles voies de coopération.

Aiming for unity within diversity in Asia

When the Asia Ecumenical Youth Assembly (AEYA) kicked off in Manado, Indonesia on the 6 April, it was the first such gathering in 34 years. More than 350 youth from 23 countries across Asia came together to address pertinent issues in today’s globalized world.

Determined to make a difference

At 20, Ruth Mathen has already come a long way on the path that God has chosen for her. She heeded his call at a YMCA camp six years ago and is now running a non-government organization together with three college friends.

Lecture explores how theological education is concerned with the world

Rev. Prof. Dr Rudolf von Sinner, professor of Systematic Theology, Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue as well as moderator of World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Education and Formation Commission, offered a public lecture on 13 April at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva as part of the WCC’s ongoing observance of its 70th anniversary this year.

Unifying faiths in peace and harmony through dialogue

In a plenary discussion titled ”Light and Truth in Pluralistic Asia” held at the Asia Ecumenical Youth Assembly (AEYA) in Manado, Indonesia last Monday, religious leaders from different faiths shared perspectives. They agreed that continuous interfaith dialogue is key to better mutual understanding, tolerance and respect.