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For immediate release:
24 January 2003
Iraq: Bishop of Basra to visit WCC
His Excellency Gabriel Kassab, Archbishop of Basra (Chaldean Catholic) will visit the World Council of Churches (WCC) on Tuesday, January 28.
A meeting with the press is scheduled at 11:00 am on 28 January in the Main Hall of the Ecumenical Centre with
Archbishop Kassab and Peter Weiderud, coordinator of the WCC team on International Affairs, Peace and Human Security.
They will address the current situation in Iraq and the role of churches in light of the current threat of military action.
Interpretation will be provided in Arabic, English and French.
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 Olav Fykse Tveit, from the [Lutheran] Church of Norway. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
