Calling it a "significant event in contemporary Africa," World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia hailed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed on 9 January 2005 by the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SLPA/SPLM).
Renowned Danish scholar Professor Anna Marie Aagaard turned 70 on January 14th. This was celebrated by Aarhus University with lectures in honor of her by Professor Risto Saarinen from Helsinki University in Finland.
ECUMENICAL PRESENCE AT THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: SPEAKING WITH AN AUTHENTIC ALTERNATIVE VOICE "Affirming life in dignity: enhancing justice and rights in a globalized world" is the overall theme for the World Council of Churches' (WCC) participation in the 5th World Social Forum taking place 26-31 January in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
The spiritual dimensions of transformation underlie its social dimensions, observed participants at an international pre-assembly meeting of WCC Orthodox member churches which completed its work on the island of Rhodes, Greece, yesterday.