Ecumenism

The CCEE President met the Secretary General of the WCC

This morning, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, President of CCEE met with the rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, Secretary General of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the headquarters of the international organization that gathers over 340 Christian churches.

Together with Pastor Olav Fykse Tveit and His Eminence the Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and Co-President of the European Catholic-Orthodox Forum, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco discussed yesterday’s visit of Pope Francis to the WCC and common ecumenical issues.

In the photo (from left to right): Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima, Fr Martin Michalíček (Vice Secretary General of CCEE).