# Roundup: Norway’s horror, sustainable living, asylum proposal

> “Norway has today experienced an unprecedented and horrible level of violence against innocent people,” said the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, a Norwegian Lutheran pastor and general secretary of the World Council of Churches.

25 July 2011 · News

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## [WCC general secretary shocked by unleashing of violence in his homeland](https://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1634/wcc-general-secretary-sho.html)

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“Norway has today experienced an unprecedented and horrible level of violence against innocent people,” said the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, a Norwegian Lutheran pastor and general secretary of the World Council of Churches.

## [Creation, carbon and Christianity](https://alistairmacraeuca.blogspot.com/2011/07/creation-carbon-and-christianity.html)

What is needed internationally is a change of mind-set towards sustainable living. As a wealthy country, Australia has an obligation to show some leadership in this regard.

## [Is Norway’s suspected murderer Anders Breivik a Christian terrorist?](https://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/4910/is_norway%E2%80%99s_suspected_murderer_anders_breivik_a_christian_terrorist/)

The similarities between suspected mass killer Anders Behring Breivik and Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh are striking.

## [Oslo Cathedral opens its doors to mourners after lethal attacks](https://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/15147)

Oslo Cathedral has become a significant centre of mourning and reflection following the horror of a car bomb attack and mass shooting in Norway on Friday 22 July 2011.

## [Church criticises Australia-PNG asylum proposal](https://australianetworknews.com/stories/201107/3276022.htm?desktop)

Australia’s Uniting Church has criticised discussions between the country’s Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and his Papua New Guinea counterpart, Ano Pala, over the possible processing of asylum seekers on Manus Island.