The Assembly in media

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, Feb 23 (IPS) - Dialogue has been one of the most frequently mentioned words at the ninth assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC), which ends Friday in this southern Brazilian city after 10 days of debates marked by the controversy triggered by the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in newspapers in Europe

Porto Alegre, Brazil (ENI). The World Council of Churches has condemned terrorism but in doing so has urged its members to challenge the idea of the "war on terror", warning that anti-terrorist legislation risks violating human rights.

As the World Council of Churches continues its Ninth Assembly in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Dr. Jan Love is among the faith leaders there who brings decades of experience to her work.

The 9th assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has ended with an appeal for the international community to ease the debt burden of Latin American nations.

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Emily Welty wasn't thinking about being a young-adult steward for the ninth Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC). She was just looking for a job.

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (UMNS) - While much official business is being conducted at the World Council of Churches' 9th Assembly, organizers have also added events to encourage more informal participation by other Christians.

PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL (UMNS) - Five United Methodists have been elected to the World Council of Churches' Central Committee. The elections took place Feb. 22, during the WCC's 9th Assembly in Porto Alegre.

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (2/22/06) — The young adult stewards working at the ninth Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) staged a protest on the floor of the plenary hall on Monday claiming that the voice of young adults has been silenced.

The world's churches are "missing in action" while 1,000 children die each week in squalid camps in northern Uganda, a former foreign minister of that country said during the global meeting of church leaders in Brazil.

The World Council of Churches (WCC), the main international body that unites non-Catholic Christians, said on Monday that the United States is violating international law in its treatment of the prisoners held at its naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.