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3 Feb 2012

Church loan fund helps Filipino small entrepreneurs

Some 7,000 clients are being served by Ecumenical Church Loan Fund Philippines, whose seed fund was from Eclof International, a micro-finance NGO.
21 Jan 2012

Getting it together: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2012

Traditionally celebrated between 18 and 25 January (in the northern hemisphere) or at Pentecost (in the southern hemisphere), the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity mobilises countless congregations and parishes around the world.
4 Jan 2012

100,000-strong Kirchentag celebration strives to be green

The Kirchentag, Germany's huge bi-annual ecumenical celebration, is making greater efforts to be environmentally friendly in 2012, say organisers.
8 Dec 2011

Indonesian churches renew their commitment to cooperation

Church leaders from 22 WCC member churches in Indonesia and East Timor were present along with ecumenical networks at a recent conference in Bali.
6 Oct 2011

Planning underway for 2013 WCC justice and peace assembly

The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches takes place in Korea, from 30 October to 8 November 2013, with a justice and peace theme.
5 Oct 2011

Church leaders meet in Indonesia to plan a global future

Some 275 Christian leaders are meeting in Indonesia from 4 to 7 October to plot an ecumenical future, in what has been called a watershed gathering.
3 Oct 2011

Pope meets with Russian Orthodox ecumenical officer

Pope Benedict XVI has met with Metropolitan Hilarion, the Russian Orthodox Church's chief ecumenical affairs officer, at Castel Gandolfo.
30 Sep 2011

Lutheran pastor is new dean of Anglican cathedral in Canada

In a historic move, the Anglican diocese of Rupert's Land has appointed a Lutheran pastor as dean of St John's Cathedral in Winnipeg, Canada.
28 Sep 2011

Climate change, environment and human rights

The Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights is an informal group of faith-based NGOs that gathered in September 2011 to reaffirm the responsibility of each faith and spiritual tradition to care for the environment and to play a role in addressing climate change and its impact on the human rights of the world’s population. This is its call for action.
18 Aug 2011

Norwegian church leaders grateful for mutual support after tragedy

Fifteen leaders of dioceses and national church bodies in Norway have joined in common prayer at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.

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