October 1, 2003 WCC campaign on violence targets U.S.

GenevaThe United States is to be the focus of an ecumenical church campaign against violence, the main governing body of the World Council of Churches has decided. The WCC’s central committee, which met Aug. 26-Sept....

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June 1, 2003 Castro urged to review trials and sentences

Geneva In a letter addressed to Cuban President Fidel Castro, the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Konrad Raiser, called the recent trials and long sentences given to Cuban political dissidents a...

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June 1, 2003 WCC invites president

The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has already been invited to the next assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC), which will take place in February 2006 in Porto Alegre. The WCC general secretary, Konrad...

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June 1, 2003 Bishops press for clemency

The bishops of episcopal dioceses in Florida and the World Council of Churches are pressuring Florida Governor Jeb Bush to grant clemency to Lionel Tate, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for a crime he committed...

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April 1, 2003 Churches meet bankers

Geneva In an unprecedented move, the World Council of Churches (WCC) invited officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to its Geneva headquarters for a debate on development strategy. The WCC is...

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April 1, 2001 WCC focuses on violence

Geneva (ENI, ACNS)-The central committee of the World Council of Churches wrapped up a nine-day meeting in February with reconciliation between conservative and liberal churches and the launch of the Decade to Overcome Violence...

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March 1, 2001 Churches divided on just war

Berlin The World Council of Church has launched a Decade to Overcome Violence in the shadow of controversy over whether violence to end violence and oppression is ever justified. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose...

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December 1, 2000 Raiser decries Nigerian conflict

The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Dr. Konrad Raiser, has strongly criticised Nigerian authorities for failing to act decisively enough to deal with inter-religious conflicts. Dr. Raiser was...

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October 1, 1999 World Council declares decade to overcome violence

Geneva Violence and how the churches should respond to it was a key topic at the late summer meeting of the World Council of Churches' central committee meeting in Geneva. The council has declared the years 2001 to 2010...

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May 1, 1999 Sexuality, women's roles occupy assembly

SEXUALITY ISSUES and women in positions of theological and church leadership are contentious matters at most church gatherings and the World Council of Churches' festival to mark the end of the Ecumenical Decade in Solidarity...

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