Schirrmacher discussed with the Grand Sheikh of the Al-Azhar
The Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) discusses with the Grand Sheikh of the Al-Azhar University in the Vatican
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Intervention by the WEA Secretary General in Vatican City
Intervention in Vatican City in the meeting “Religions and Education: Towards a Global Compact on Education: Meeting of the Representatives of Religions”
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Change at the top of the World Evangelical Alliance
Protestant theologian and scholar of sociology of religion Thomas Schirrmacher (60) will be inaugurated on Saturday as the new Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), the representative body of evangelical Christians worldwide. He is the first German to hold this office.
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One year later: An Evangelical Looks at the Vatican’s Abuse Summit
The national Conferences of Bishops of the Catholic Church worldwide met at the Vatican in February 2019 for a summit on sexual abuse. Time to look back a year later, as much has happened in some countries, but there is no real progress on the global level.
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WEA and the Vatican release consultation statement, highlighting challenges and opportunities
The World Evangelical Alliance and the Roman Catholic Church have jointly released a ground-breaking statement—based on six years of dialogue—which, while acknowledging continuing areas of theological divergence, also calls it “imperative” for Evangelicals and Catholics to work together in addressing the spiritual needs of an increasingly secularized and polarized world.
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WEA publishes ‘Global Declarations on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Human Rights’
The World Evangelical Alliance published a compendium with 19 global declarations on freedom of religion or belief and human rights in its ‘Global Issues Series’.