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Document Opening of WCC/UN Conference on Refugee Crisis
Opening remarks from the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit
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Document Is religion discriminatory?
Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit's panel contribution during a conference at a cultural center in Trondheim, Norway.
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Document On the execution of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein
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Document Statement on Iraq
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Document Ten years after 9/11
Ten years after the 9 September 2001, when thousands of people from more than 90 countries were killed in a coordinated assault on targets in the United States, the WCC general secretary reflects on the legacy of pain, grief, disorder and enmity, and on the power and meaning to be found in supportive prayers and other expressions of compassion.
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Document A tragic exodus of the Christian community from Mosul
A tragic exodus of the Christian community from Mosul: Statement and call for solidarity from Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary.
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Document Patriarch Khanania Dinkha
Letter from Georges Lemopoulos, WCC deputy general secretary, to Mar Aprim Mooken on death of Patriarch Mar Khanania Dinkha IV, head of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East.
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Document Ecumenical prayer service for peace in Iraq
On 20 February 2003, the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches called for churches around the world to join in prayer for peace in Iraq on the first day of Lent. An ecumenical prayer service for peace was held 20 March 2003 at the Ecumenical Centre, Geneva.
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Document Reflection by the papal nuncio in Geneva
Reflection in a service of prayer for peace at the Ecumenical Centre Geneva March 2003
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Document Reflection by the WCC general secretary
Reflection in a service of prayer for peace at the Ecumenical Centre Geneva March 2003
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