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Sauca and Prove appointed to World Council of Churches posts

Father Ioan Sauca of the Romanian Orthodox Church and Peter Prove, a Lutheran lawyer and international affairs expert from Australia, have been named to key staff positions in the World Council of Churches (WCC).

08 May 2014

Dr Rowan Williams: Redistributing power is crucial to tackle violence and poverty

In an inaugural parliamentary lecture on Friday night to launch Christian Aid Week, Dr Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, will highlight the role that inequality plays in provoking violence. 

08 May 2014

2014 Standing Committee Bulletin day 1 + 2

Day one and two of the Standing Committee meeting.

08 May 2014

New research exposes true impact of debt on children

Problem debt is putting stress on family relationships, damaging children and trapping families in a downward spiral of borrowing, according to The Debt Trap

08 May 2014

Archbishop Welby condemns abduction of Nigerian schoolsgirls

The Archbishop of Canterbury today condemned the abduction of over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls from their boarding school

07 May 2014

Rowan Williams lives below the line for Christian Aid

Christian Aid chair, Rowan Williams has Lived Below the Line ahead of Christian Aid’s biggest fundraiser of the year, Christian Aid Week (11th to 17th May).

07 May 2014

Anglican Women call for action on kidnapped Nigerian girls

Leaders of the International Anglican Women's Network have called on women around the Anglican Communion to do what they can to help the 200+ women kidnapped in Nigeria

06 May 2014

WCC general secretary: War in South Sudan must end now

“The senseless war in South Sudan must end now,” said the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit

06 May 2014

WCC encourages "swift and peaceful" action to restore Nigeria's missing girls

The abduction of more than 250 young women by the Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria has prompted “profound concern” from the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit. 

06 May 2014

Ecumenical delegation to visit South Sudan amidst conflict

A high-level ecumenical delegation representing church organizations will arrive in Juba, South Sudan on Friday, 2 May

01 May 2014