World Council of Churches head appointed presiding bishop for Church of Norway
The (Lutheran) Church of Norway has appointed World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit as its new presiding bishop.
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Prayer campaign begins worldwide to end 70-year Korean War
A war erupted on the Korean Peninsula 70 years ago that divided Korea and that has yet to end. So, the world's churches have launched a "70 Days of Prayers - Global Prayer Campaign" for peace.
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Synod calls for allowing married men as Catholic priests in Amazon area
Amazon region bishops have made a call for married men to become priests in the Catholic Church to help reach their communities with Christian teachings. But the recent Vatican meeting drew the ire of traditionalists with accusations about idolatry highlighted after some art carvings were seized from a church near the Vatican and then cast into Rome's Tiber River. Soon after a synod which ended Oct. 27, Pope Francis in a homily urged openness to new ways "for the proclamation of the Gospel."
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Churches, UN uneasy at upswing in undernourished people, despite hunger fight progress
The tally of undernourished people is climbing again after decades of worldwide progress in the fight against hunger and the rise is of grave concern for the World Council of Churches, its ecumenical partners and the United Nations.
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In the U.S. belief in Christianity is falling rapidly: Pew study
The number of U.S. adults identifying as Christians is rapidly declining, while religious 'nones' have grown, a new Pew Research Center study shows.
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Trump-Netanyahu plan for Palestine and Israel 'an ultimatum, not a path to peace' says world churches head
The World Council of Churches and The Lutheran World Federation, both with churches in the Holy Land, have criticized a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for regional peace for the lack of consultation in their pitch.
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75 years after Auschwitz liberation, growing anti-Semitism warnings mark Holocaust Day
Auschwitz-Birkenau was a place of evil in Nazi-occupied Poland where around 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered in the name of an ideology of hatred.
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Bridging the gap between faith and investment discussed by investors, asset managers, developers, churches
Bridging the gap between faith and investments with cooperation between different groups was the focus of recent a two-day conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Prayer campaign begins worldwide to end 70-year Korean War
- World Council of Churches head appointed presiding bishop for Church of Norway
- Trump-Netanyahu plan for Palestine and Israel 'an ultimatum, not a path to peace' says world churches head
- 75 years after Auschwitz liberation, growing anti-Semitism warnings mark Holocaust Day
- Bridging the gap between faith and investment discussed by investors, asset managers, developers, churches