WORLD NEWS
The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) of the Vatican and the Office of Interreligious Dialogue and Co-operation of the World Council of Churches (WCC) met in Geneva from April 16 to 18 for their annual meeting. Stafffrom the two offices united in prayer, fellowship and joint work on a document titled “Education for Peace in a Multi- Religious World”.
The PCID delegation also met with the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary. Expressing his delight at the forthcoming visit of Pope Francis to the WCC on the occasion of WCC’s 70th anniversary, Dr Tveit emphasised that the papal visit would be both a testimony of hope as well as an opportunity for further ecumenical collaboration in the service of our common humanity.