The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has expressed “grave concern” over both the recent nuclear test on the Korean peninsula and responses to it....

The WCC general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit and other members of the WCC staff met in New York on 12 February with the UN deputy secretary-general Jan Eliasson. Tveit and Eliasson discussed the many conflicts and divisions around the world, including North and South Korea, the Middle East region, particularly Syria and Israel-Palestine....

A flash mob erupted today in the cafeteria of the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. At 12:30 pm people scattered throughout the lunch crowd suddenly left their tables and broke into dance....

Upon being informed on the way to his native island of Imvros of the imminent retirement of Pope Benedict from the Petrine ministry on the Throne of Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew issued a formal declaration and personal statement to the media, responding with sadness to the news....

God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father....

ST. LOUIS (RNS) A decision by the leader of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod to censure a pastor for participating in a prayer service for victims of the Sandy Hook school massacre has reopened old wounds for an often politically divided denomination.

The Rev. Matthew Harrison asked the Rev. Rob Morris, pastor of Christ the King Lutheran Church...

The Washington Post published something yesterday that it shouldn’t have. Because it was false. But it’s worth highlighting here for the lessons we can learn from it. The piece was headlined: Sarah Palin’s Plan to Reach Millions of Devoutly Religious People Through al Jazeera It’s since been completely rewritten —...