 The Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church has issued a statement about the case where a 23-year-old schizophrenic nun died in a monastery as a result of exorcism. The monk and 4 nuns responsible for the dead of the young woman have been charged with murder. |
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 Despite his firm opposition to Turkey's accession to EU, Pope Benedict XVI has been invited to Turkey by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate. Patriarch Bartolomeos, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, said the visit has not yet been confirmed, but they have received a positive response to their invitation. |
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 Expressing solidarity with the victims of today's bomb blasts in London, and total rejection of violent actions, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia sent the following message to the churches and the people of the United Kingdom:
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Building understanding among people and religions of the world is one of
the missions of the Council's new ecumenical research centre, said World Council
of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia at the official opening
of the facility on Sunday 26 June.
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Meeting with a World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation in Moscow, the
head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexis II, has expressed
gratitude for actions of "authentic Christian solidarity" by ecumenical
organizations during the Soviet period, and affirmed the commitment of his
church to full participation in the WCC. However, the patriarch warned that new
developments in some churches may undermine ecumenical
relations.
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 A Serbian Orthodox Archbishop, Jovan (Vranisskovski) of Ohrid, has had an 18 month jail sentence confirmed by a Macedonian appeal court, in the latest development in a long-running government campaign against the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) in support of the rival Macedonian Orthodox Church. |
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When ethnic Vlachs led by a local Romanian Orthodox priest tried to hold a religious commemoration at the abandoned monastery of Koroglas in eastern Serbia on 21 May, they faced not only an alleged "spontaneously-organised" group of Serbian Orthodox who had pledged not to allow the commemoration to proceed but a ban by the local police. |
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From Baghdad to Bosnia, media images in recent years have reinforced prophecies of a conflict of civilizations emerging along religious faultlines. References to both jihad and crusade have reappeared in public discourse, and in some societies particular faith groups are regarded with suspicion. It can sometimes seem as though Christians and Muslims are condemned to collide.
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The summer tranquillity of Lake Geneva contrasts sharply with the sense of urgency in the nearby Ecumenical Centre, headquarters of the World Council of Churches. The feeling is shared by the broad group of religious leaders, academic specialists and grassroots activists from virtually all the major world faith communities who have come together to reflect on a "critical moment" in interreligious dialogue.
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 (Vatican) - A three-point agenda for further collaboration -
understanding of the church, spirituality, and ecumenical formation - was
proposed by World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel
Kobia to Pope Benedict XVI during their meeting today at the Vatican.
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