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last update: 3 May 2002


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Church and civil society reactions
to the September 11 attacks


International

  • The Anglican Communion

  • Baptist World Alliance

  • Caritas Internationalis letter to member organizations

  • Fédération Internationale de l¹Action des Chrétiens pour l¹Abolition de la Torture (FI.ACAT)

  • International Conference on "Peaceful coexistence between the great montheistic religions"

  • Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
  • Lutheran World Federation (LWF) 'Anti-Semitism and Anti-Judaism Today' Conference

  • Vatican: Prayer of John Paul II
  • Vatican: Letter of condolence of John Paul II to Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, archbishop of Washington

  • World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC)

    World Council of Churches (WCC)

  • WCC pastoral letter to US churches (20.09.01)
  • WCC Message to the churches and people of the United States of America (11.09.01)
    (en français (auf Deutsch) (en español)
  • WCC Africa Regional Group (ARG)
  • WCC Commission on Education and Ecumenical Formation

     

    Regional, national and local

    AFRICA

  • Africa president, World Council of Churches (WCC)
  • All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC), Togo (no.1)
  • All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) Message of Condolence (No.2)
  • World Fellowship of Orthodox Youth in Africa/Urban-Rural Mission for Community, Justice and Solidarity in Eastern Africa

    ASIA

  • Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum Asia) and the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC)
  • Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC)
  • National Council of Churches of Pakistan

    EUROPE

  • Brot für die Welt und Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe
  • Church of Norway Bishops' Conference Council on Ecumenical and International Relations
  • Eglises Protestantes d'Alsace et de Lorraine, Les
  • Evangelical Church in Germany (no.1)
  • Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) (no.2)
  • Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren Synodal Council
  • Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland
  • Evangelisches Missionswerk in Germany
  • Fédération des Eglises protestantes de Suisse/Eglise catholique-chrétienne de Suisse/Eglise catholique romaine en Suisse
  • Fédération Protestante de France
  • Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and all the East
  • Hungarian Reformed World Federation and the Kirfilyhagomellek Reformed Church District
  • Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen in Österreich
  • Römisch-katholische Kirche der Schweiz / Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund / Christkatholische Kirche der Schweiz (Nr. 1)
  • Römisch-katholische Kirche der Schweiz / Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund / Christkatholische Kirche der Schweiz (Nr. 2)
  • Samen op Weg-Kerken
  • Sant-Egidio Community Muslim-Christian Summit, Rome appeal

    LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN

  • Bahamas Christian Council
  • Centro Intereclesial de Estudios Teológicos y Sociales (CIEETS)
  • Conferencia de iglesias evangelicas de Guatemala (CIEDEG)
  • CLAI: CONSEJO LATINOAMERICANO DE IGLESIAS
  • Consejo Latinoamericano de Iglesias: Pastoral de Niñez & Educación y Formación Ecuménica
  • CONSEJO LATINOAMERICANO DE IGLESIAS: RED DE LITURGIA (no.1)
  • CONSEJO LATINOAMERICANO DE IGLESIAS: RED DE LITURGIA (no.2)
  • CONSEJO LATINOAMERICANO DE IGLESIAS: RED DE LITURGIA (no.3)
  • Consejo de iglesias de Cuba (no.1)
  • Consejo de Iglesias de Cuba (no.2)
  • Consejo de Iglesias Evangélicas Metodistas de AL/C (CIEMAL) y la Iglesia Evangélica Metodista Argentina (IEMA)
  • Ecumenical Coordination of Service - CESE, Brazil
  • Las iglesias afiliadas a la federación luterana mundial - Cono Sur de América Latina
  • Iglesia Luterana salvadoreña
  • Sínodo de la Iglesia Reformada Calvinista de El Salvador

    MIDDLE EAST

  • Armenian Apostolic Church, Lebanon
  • Coptic Orthodox Church
  • Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jerusalem
  • Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem (no.1)
  • Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem (no.2)
  • Middle East Council of Churches (MECC)
  • MECC Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees

    NORTH AMERICA

  • Christian Reformed Church in North America
  • Church of the Brethren (no.1)
  • Church of the Brethren (no.2)
  • Church World Service/National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (CWS/NCCCUSA) (No.1)
  • Church World Service/National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (CWS/NCCCUSA) (no.2)
  • Church World Service/NCCCUSA (no.3)
  • Diocese of the Armenian Church of America
  • Episcopal Church
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) (no.1)
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) (no.2)
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) bishops (no.3)
  • ELCA Domestic Disaster Response FRIENDS (Quakers)
  • Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
  • International Orthodox Christian Charities, Inc.
  • Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) (no.1)
  • Mennonite Central Committee call to faith and action (no.2)
  • National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCCCUSA) (No.1)
  • National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCCCUSA) (no.2)
  • National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCCCUSA) (No.3)
  • National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCCCUSA) (No.4) NEW
  • Orthodox Church in America
  • Presbyterian Church (USA)
  • Reformed Church in America
  • SOJOURNERS
  • Standing Conference of Middle Eastern Christian and Muslim Religious Leaders
  • United Church of Canada
  • US conference of Catholic bishops

    PACIFIC

  • Church leaders of New Zealand
  • Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC)
  • Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia


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