Bossey celebrates 80 years
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World Council of Churches
First published 7 October 2026
The Ecumenical Institute at Bossey marked eighty years on 7 October with greetings from church leaders around the world. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who studied there himself, sent a video message, and Cardinal Kurt Koch recalled how closely Bossey’s story is tied to the growing relationship between the Catholic Church and the WCC.