WCC NEWS: WCC acting general secretary to participate in G20 Interfaith Forum in Italy

 

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca will participate in the G20 Interfaith Forum, to be held in Bologna, Italy on 12-14 September. Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, World Council of Churches acting general secretary addresses the high-level interfaith dialogue on global multilateral cooperation amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Geneva, 30 August 2021. Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC 06 September 2021 The program will include ministerial sessions, focus sessions organised in cooperation with partner institutions, and thematic sessions. Sauca will be speaking in a focus session entitled “Is Christian Ecumenism a Model?” Speakers will be discussing Christian ecumenism as a viable model for Muslims; whether Christian unity is a threat or an opportunity; and delimiting the conflict in ecumenical theology.  The session will be co-chaired by Dr Claudio Paravati, director of the study center and magazine Confronti. A representative from the World Communion of Reformed Churches will also speak.  Other invited speakers to the session are: Khazhak Barsamian, pontifical legate of the Western Europe and Representative of the Armenian Church to the Holy See; Luca Ferracci, affiliated researcher at the Fondazione per le scienze religiose; Martin Junge, general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity), and Christian Krieger, president of the Council of European Churches. The G20 Interfaith Forum is hosted by KAICIID, or the International Dialogue Centre, dedicated to the facilitation of dialogue between followers of different cultures and religions. G20 Interfaith Forum 2021 WCC's work on the Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation See more

The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 349 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 550 million Christians in over 120 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC acting general secretary is Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, from the Orthodox Church in Romania. Media contact: +41 79 507 6363; www.oikoumene.org/press Our visiting address is: World Council of Churches 150 route de Ferney Geneve 2 1211 Switzerland