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  • 11 Feb 2013
    World churches chief 'respects decision' of Benedict XVI to resign

    “We have to respect fully the decision of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to resign,” the general secretary of the World Council of Churches said today.

  • 4 Feb 2013
    Justice is the key to peace in Colombia

    In years of conflict Colombia has seen five million people displaced, 60,000 declared as “missing”, thousands killed, and a million hectares of land snatched away from the rightful owners. Dr Marcelo Schneider addresses the justice that is bound up with peace in a troubled land, and sets the scene for the work of the the Programme of Ecumenical Accompaniment in Colombia (PEAC), inspired by the WCC’s Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.

  • 3 Feb 2013
    A political solution is the only way to end the Syria conflict

    Syrians can only overcome conflict with a political solution, strong democratic institutions and demilitarisation, says a prominent human rights defender.

  • 31 Jan 2013
    WCC assembly to focus on sharing around justice and peace

    The 10th World Council of Churches assembly will be an opportunity for praying, listening and sharing together around the central theme of justice and peace.

  • 26 Jan 2013
    No one is meant to be excluded, churches' chief says

    In the face of divisions in the church and the world, "no one has the right to exclude the other," says the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.

  • 24 Jan 2013
    World churches chief meets UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

    Justice should not be secondary to peace, as they belong together, says Dr Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

  • 23 Jan 2013
    Social justice is integral to discovering unity, Christians find

    Drawing on the Indian churches’ experience of disunity around casteism, churches around the world are celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

  • 23 Jan 2013
    Religious leaders meeting in Geneva advocate for peace

    At an inter-religious service organized by the Vatican, a church leader has advocated “expressions for peace and the mutual respect for the dignity of the other”.

  • 21 Jan 2013
    Church must speak for human unity, says Greek Orthodox theologian

    “It is impossible to speak exclusively for the unity of the church and be indifferent about the unity of humankind,” says a senior Greek Orthodox theologian.

  • 20 Jan 2013
    Why do we pray together? A reflection on Christian unity

    Today, there are serious fissures in our Christian faith, writes Dr Harry Hagopian. We seem to have lost the keen sense that we must be credible interpreters and loyal disciples of God's love to humankind. That, above all, is the nature of the prayer-in-action and action-in-prayer which animates the annual reminder of this continual calling: the global Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. What is required, perhaps, is a praxis not unlike that of the Early Church -- more basic, and therefore more grounded.