As tragic news filtered out of at least three different countries on the weekend of December 10-11, World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit called for an end to violence and corruption that stands in the way of a global just peace.
On the morning of Sunday December 11, a bomb exploded in St Peter’s Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo, Egypt, killing 25 people and injuring 31 others, according to reports from local media and the Coptic Orthodox Church.
The blast in Egypt occurred one day after 38 people were killed and 155 wounded in two bombings in Istanbul, Turkey, according to Turkish government reports. The explosions happened after a crowded football game at the Besiktas Vodafone Arena.