The UK's ecumenical think tank Ekklesia reports on the Vatican and the World Council of Churches addressing the United Nations on peace and climate change:
United Nations and World Council of Churches reaffirm cooperation
The United Nations and the World Council of Churches (WCC) have reaffirmed their commitment to collaborate at a meeting between the general secretaries of both organizations held on 29 October 207 at the UN headquarters in New York.
WCC general secretary Samuel Kobia stated the WCC is committed "to the principles and purposes of the UN". The two general secretaries discussed climate change, and affirmed the interrelatedness of the concerns about the integrity of creation, justice and peace. Kobia said "religion has a big, positive role to play in the search for global peace and harmony."
The WCC general secretary announced the Council's intention to propose that the UN declare a "Decade of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation for Peace".
Vatican pushes message of sustainable development
Archbishop Celestino Maggiore, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations, has said that global sustainability should be a priority for the nations of the world. Addressing the Assembly in English, Archbishop Migliore highlighted the "underlying moral imperative that all, without exception, have a grave responsibility to protect the environment."
Read more on sustainable development and how the educational, ecumenical and the environmental all fit in the global "unity" picture. See more articles on the UN's sustainable development.
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United Nations and World Council of Churches reaffirm cooperation
The United Nations and the World Council of Churches (WCC) have reaffirmed their commitment to collaborate at a meeting between the general secretaries of both organizations held on 29 October 207 at the UN headquarters in New York.
WCC general secretary Samuel Kobia stated the WCC is committed "to the principles and purposes of the UN". The two general secretaries discussed climate change, and affirmed the interrelatedness of the concerns about the integrity of creation, justice and peace. Kobia said "religion has a big, positive role to play in the search for global peace and harmony."
The WCC general secretary announced the Council's intention to propose that the UN declare a "Decade of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation for Peace".
Vatican pushes message of sustainable development
Archbishop Celestino Maggiore, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations, has said that global sustainability should be a priority for the nations of the world. Addressing the Assembly in English, Archbishop Migliore highlighted the "underlying moral imperative that all, without exception, have a grave responsibility to protect the environment."
Read more on sustainable development and how the educational, ecumenical and the environmental all fit in the global "unity" picture. See more articles on the UN's sustainable development.
See related post Signs In The Heavens
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