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The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) on August 9, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, called on society and governments to support community

The bishop of the Costa Rican Lutheran Church is asking the nation’s Constitutional Court to ensure a state-sponsored sex education program will be based on

An alliance of youth from varied faith groups in Brazil has formed with the goals of ending racial and religious intolerance, promoting social and environmental

Bishop Munib A. Younan, president of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), has called Norway a beacon of hope and inspiration for the way it has

In a BBC radio broadcast today, Anglican Canon Duncan Green called on people everywhere in the world to live together in peace and harmony, in

Christian leaders representing organizations comprising some 90 percent of the world’s two billion Christians have issued a joint appeal to the 194 governments currently negotiating

A letter by U.S. lawmakers asking the United Nations to take the lead in responding to the recent cholera epidemic in Haiti is gaining support

For more photos, click here. With panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt surrounding the nave of the Washington National Cathedral, worshipers from many faiths mourned

The Geneva-based World Council of Churches (WCC) on July 5 published a tribute to the life and work of liberation theologian Jose Miguez Bonino, who

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams on June 26 hosted the launch of a British government initiative called “faith partnership principles” that will guide the Department for International

The Lutheran World Federation’s (LWF) governing Council, during its June 15 to 20 meeting in Bogota, Colombia, appealed to the United Nations High Commissioner for

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has been playing an active role in the two major events taking place in Rio de Janeiro from June

A delegation from the Geneva-based World Council of Churches (WCC) will take part in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) from June 20

The Geneva-based World Council of Churches (WCC) said it will hold its first meeting in the People’s Republic of China, focusing on “the unique situation of Chinese

The Geneva-based World Student Christian Federation’s (WSCF) executive committee, meeting in Berlin from May 20 to 27, approved a “bold advocacy, prayer, theological reflection, and communications agenda for 2012-2014,”

Interfaith pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral in June will protest economic injustice. A group of faith leaders announced on May in London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral that

International observers are trying to provide a “protective presence” to vulnerable communities in Colombia. Photo:Agne Alminaite An ecumenical project to document the plight of people

Lambeth Palace in London is the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Photo: David Burrows British Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed Lord Richard