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World Methodists Affirm Declaration on Justification
Geneva, 20 July 2006 (LWI) – The World Methodist Council (WMC) plans to affirm the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ) signed seven years ago by representatives of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Roman Catholic Church.

 
Middle East Council of Churches comments on the Lebanon Crisis
Beirut 18 july - The Middle East Council of Churches has issued two press releases on the current situation in Lebanon.

 
SERBIA: No Changes to Controversial Religion Law

Despite Serbian President Boris Tadic requesting amendments to the new Religion Law as it breaks the European Convention on Human Rights, and strong criticism from the OSCE and Council of Europe, the Religion Ministry "is not preparing any amendments and no-one has sent any amendments to the Ministry," it told Forum 18 News Service.

 
Russia: Gathering the Broken Parts
The recent contacts between Russian Patriarchate and Russian Orthodox Church Abroad may develop a historical reconciliation between the two sister Churches. Some of the aspects implicated may be revealed here.

 
Survey: Danes pray more
VinkingDenmark is often thought of as one of the most secular countries in the world, but a new survey shows that 57% of the Danes pray regularly.

 
Serbia: President signs controversial religion law
Despite openly recognising that the controversial new religion law approved by parliament on 20 April violates the European Convention on Human Rights, Serbian president Boris Tadic signed it into law on 27 April.

 
Orthodox and Protestants in Europe

The ecumenical relations between Protestant and Orthodox Churches include the theological subjects, such as ecclesiology, that are still to be analyzed more completely. Being part of CEC, the two Churches are invited by the European ecumenical institution to be active actors in the third ecclesiological consultation to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, 27-30 April 2006.

 
Pope's "Urbi et Orbi" Message Speaks About Current Issues
In his message "Urbi et Orbi" ("to the city of Rome and to the world"), Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the problems Christian and religious communities have to face in their daily existance.

 
American Lutherans Visit Ecumenical Patriarch
Istanbul, Turkey (ELCA) -- A 17-member delegation from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) met here March 17 with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

 
Russian Patriarch Urges Hamas Delegations to Seek Peace With Israel
Patriarch Alexy IIMoscow - Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia has urged the Palestinian leadership to seek dialogue for peace during a meeting in Moscow, Interfax news agency reported.

 
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