World Council of Churches News

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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.

News item date: 29th Jul 2010 at 11:03:00

 

WCC congratulates new LWF president

In a letter to Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land, the WCC general secretary conveyed congratulations for Younan's recent election as president of the Lutheran World Federation.

News item date: 29th Jul 2010 at 09:15:00

 

AIDS: "Do we have the courage to step out and take the lead?"

The experience of African women theologians has been a crucial element in helping faith communities respond to the challenge of HIV and AIDS in Africa, says the coordinator of an ecumenical network on the pandemic on the continent.

News item date: 26th Jul 2010 at 09:47:00

 

WCC calls for repeal of Pakistan Blasphemy Law after killings

"Great dismay" at the shooting and killing of two young Christians in Faisalabad on 19 July was expressed by the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit in letters to Pakistan's president and its prime minister.

News item date: 23rd Jul 2010 at 14:21:00

 

We need your ecumenical commitment, Tveit tells Lutheran Assembly

The Lutheran insistence on the fact "that we are one because we are sharing the one and same Christ, because we receive the same gift" is something the ecumenical movement needs now "more than ever", said the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit speaking in Stuttgart on 21 July.

News item date: 21st Jul 2010 at 15:18:00

 

Taking water to the Jordan

A few days ago, I was handing out bottles of water within a few miles of Israel/Palestine’s only major river, the Jordan. The village of Al Fasayel lies in a desert landscape, a contrast to nearby Israeli settlements, which have access to almost unlimited water. Al Fasayel itself has not had water on tap for over seven weeks.

News item date: 20th Jul 2010 at 15:25:00

 

Justice is at heart of HIV commitments, multi-faith conference hears

A multi-faith meeting on the eve of the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna has heard calls for faith communities to keep commitments they have made to promote universal access to HIV treatment, care, support and prevention.

News item date: 19th Jul 2010 at 11:00:00

 

Orthodox women seek "theology of healing"

The need for a "theology of healing" was the central theme of a recent international encounter between Orthodox women and Christians of both sexes from other traditions.

News item date: 15th Jul 2010 at 15:05:00