WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP

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 WCC.


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 WCC, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit. In his letter to Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, Tveit encouraged “swift and peaceful” action to restore these students back to their homes.


WCC general secretary: War in South Sudan must end now

“The senseless war in South Sudan must end now,” said the WCC general secretary, following the pastoral visit of a high-level ecumenical delegation to local churches in Juba, South Sudan on 2 May.

   
German ecumenical groups respond to call for “pilgrimage of justice and peace”

More than 400 representatives of German ecumenical groups attending an assembly in Mainz, Germany have affirmed their commitment to move forward in a “pilgrimage of justice and peace” – a call from the WCC 10th Assembly.


Congolese churches reflect on “pilgrimage of justice and peace”

National elections, gender-based violence, environmental issues and human rights were in focus during a two-day forum organized by the member churches of the WCC in the Democratic Republic of Congo.


Churches must support vulnerable people faced with HIV threat

African churches must confidently step into the lives of minority groups suffering from HIV and AIDS supporting them irrespective of their circumstances, said, author of A Walk at Midnight: Journeying with Abused Women and Girls towards inner Dignity and Wholeness, Catherine Mumbi Wanjohi, known for her work with sex workers facing the threat of HIV and AIDS in Kenya.