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Contact: World Council of Churches, +41 22 791 6153, +41 79 507 6363, media@wcc-coe.org
MADRID, July 15 /Standard Newswire/ -- World Council of Churches (WCC) representatives will participate at the 16-18 July international interfaith conference convened in Madrid by the Muslim World League following an initiative by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah.
The WCC will be represented by one of its presidents, Patriarch Abune Paulos, head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and by Metropolitan Emmanuel (Adamakis) of France, from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
Also attending the conference will be Lebanese Minister of Culture Dr Tarek Mitri, a former WCC staff and a member of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and all the East, as well as the WCC's Director of Inter-religious dialogue and cooperation, Rev. Dr Shanta Premawardhana.
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Additional information: Juan Michel, +41 22 791 6153, +41 79 507 6363, media@wcc-coe.org
The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 349 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 560 million Christians in over 110 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, from the
