WCC NEWS: Archbishop Rowan Williams to speak at the Ecumenical Centre, Geneva
From WCC media <noreply@wcc-coe.org>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. You receive this information as a subscriber of our media list. You are registered as Worldwide with the address wfn-editors@wfn.org. Click here to unsubscribe or change your distribution settings (Link: http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=1bbc05460caeb5f84bdb ).