{"id":28754,"date":"2016-02-08T13:17:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T18:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wcc_annual_meeting_on_interreligious_dialogue\/"},"modified":"2016-02-08T13:17:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T18:17:39","slug":"wcc_annual_meeting_on_interreligious_dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wcc_annual_meeting_on_interreligious_dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"WCC Annual Meeting on Interreligious Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual meeting took place 3-4 February 2016, between the officials of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) and the staff of the Office for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation (IRDC) of the World Council of Churches (WCC), in Geneva, Switzerland. Appropriately this was during Interfaith Harmony Week.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting included reflection, prayer and the sharing of information regarding activities which had been carried out during 2015, as well as the discussion of plans for 2016. The staff of the two offices have collaborated in a variety of ways during recent years, either through joint initiatives, such as the publication of the document \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oikoumene.org\/en\/resources\/documents\/wcc-programmes\/interreligious-dialogue-and-cooperation\/christian-identity-in-pluralistic-societies\/christian-witness-in-a-multi-religious-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World: Recommendations for Conduct<\/a>\u201d (2011), or by each other\u2019s supportive participation in events or projects organized by their respective offices.<\/p>\n<p>2015 had marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of the Vatican II document Nostra Aetate which is recognized by the World Council of Churches, to have been a seminal moment in the history of Christian relationships with other religions. The meeting in 2016 offered the opportunity to reflect on future partnerships between the two institutions, in the light of their mutual desire to build further on the impetus given by the celebration of this important document.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual meeting took place 3-4 February 2016, between the officials of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) and the staff of the Office for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation (IRDC) of the World Council of Churches (WCC), in Geneva, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wcc_annual_meeting_on_interreligious_dialogue\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20010,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[],"topic":[20237],"region":[20022,20071],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WCC Annual Meeting on Interreligious Dialogue - Global Ministries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wcc_annual_meeting_on_interreligious_dialogue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WCC Annual Meeting on Interreligious Dialogue - Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The annual meeting took place 3-4 February 2016, between the officials of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) and the staff of the Office for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation (IRDC) of the World Council of Churches (WCC), in Geneva, &hellip; Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wcc_annual_meeting_on_interreligious_dialogue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-02-08T18:17:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Middle East &amp; Europe - Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Middle East &amp; Europe - Global Ministries\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wcc_annual_meeting_on_interreligious_dialogue\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wcc_annual_meeting_on_interreligious_dialogue\/\",\"name\":\"WCC Annual Meeting on Interreligious Dialogue - Global Ministries\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-02-08T18:17:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-02-08T18:17:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#\/schema\/person\/446b6f8492d6e1e8a620fbef58ed876f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wcc_annual_meeting_on_interreligious_dialogue\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wcc_annual_meeting_on_interreligious_dialogue\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wcc_annual_meeting_on_interreligious_dialogue\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"WCC Annual Meeting on Interreligious Dialogue\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/\",\"name\":\"Global Ministries\",\"description\":\"Global Ministries is a common missional witness of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. 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