WCC NEWS: Archbishop Rowan Williams to speak at the Ecumenical Centre, Geneva

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Date Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:00:30 +0100

World Council of Churches - News

ARCHBISHOP ROWAN WILLIAMS TO SPEAK AT ECUMENICAL CENTRE, GENEVA

For immediate release: 20 February 2012

Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, will be delivering a
lecture on “Faith, human rights and human dignity” on Tuesday, 28
February from 18.30-20.00 in the Visser't Hooft Plenary Hall of the
Ecumenical Centre in Geneva at the invitation of the World Council of
Churches (WCC).

Rowan Williams became the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2003. He is the
senior bishop of the worldwide  Anglican Communion, a first among equals
amongst  fellow bishops.

A renowned theologian, he has been involved in several theological,
ecumenical and educational commissions and has authored a number of books.

His visit follows a meeting with  the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav
Fykse Tveit in January 2011 in London.

The lecture at the Ecumenical Centre will be open to the public and
interpretation in French will be provided.

The following morning, 29 February, the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance
(Link: http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=40da53fc0561d890aaf5 ) (EAA) 
will host
a discussion forum with the archbishop at the World Health Organization
office in Geneva. The EAA is an international network of Christian
organizations, including the WCC, cooperating in advocacy on global trade
and HIV.


See also: Invitation to the local press (Link:
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=256d4bd32eea9eeaf92e
)


The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness 
and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of 
churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 349 Protestant, 
Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 560 million 
Christians in over 110 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman 
Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, 
from the [Lutheran] Church of Norway. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.



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