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Children outside Jaro Evangelical Baptist Church in Iloilo City after Sunday morning service.

Living Letters team to visit the Philippines

An international team of church representatives will pay a solidarity visit to churches, ecumenical organizations and civil society movements in the Philippines from 1 to 5 December. It will be the last in a series of "Living Letters" visits to various countries organized ahead of the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in May 2011, in order to accompany people and churches who long for peace, security and reconciliation in the midst of conflicts and violence.

25 November 2010
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Swiss president speaks with WCC general secretary during Oslo visit

The president of the Swiss Confederation, Doris Leuthard, met the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit on Thursday 14 October during her state visit to Oslo, Norway. Tveit has been general secretary of the Geneva-based World Council of Churches (WCC) since January 2010 and is a minister in the Church of Norway. Tveit’s presence in Oslo at the invitation of the king of Norway provided him with an opportunity to greet the Swiss leader.

15 October 2010
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Young Muslims, Jews and Christians become peace facilitators

While peace is a commonly held value within Judaism, Islam and Christianity, other religious values can often become sources of conflict. In order to build community beyond faith boundaries a group of young adults from each of the three faith groups spent a week focusing on the common value of peace recently.

29 July 2010
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“It's time for Palestinians and Israelis to share a just peace” – is the message of the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel. Participants at the roundtable on “occupation and dispossession” (from left to right): Hazem Jamjoum, Nathan and Caroline Finkelstein, and Rev. John Calhoun, convener of the Week.

Palestinian and Jewish activists call to work for peace

The plight of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation and the need to hold the Israeli State accountable under international law were highlighted at a roundtable hosted by the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum in Geneva, Switzerland on 31 May. The roundtable was one of the events marking the World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel.

01 June 2010