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Faith(s) Seeking Justice

Dialogue and Liberation

Published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the WCC’s Programme on Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation, this volume celebrates a common confidence that dialogue can be linked to liberation in ways that can be both faithful and fruitful.

From the Introduction: “The heartbeat of this book is its concern to reimagine interreligious dialogue as a “dialogue of and for life” by interlinking it with liberation. What drives it is a passion that seeks to hold together two distinct concerns that emerged within theological thinking during the latter half of the 20th century and have since freed theological imagination in manifold ways.”

Hoping against hope

The same week Brazil reached half a million deaths by COVID-19, my parents got the first dose of the vaccine. On my way to work, I pass through a vaccination post full of people, and through a cemetery full of grief. The past year and few months were a mix of fear, indignation and anger for me. But also a time where I saw generosity and hope bloom.

Indigenous peoples and the pandemic in the land of inequalities

476 million indigenous people live around the world, of which 11.5% live in our Latin American region. In these years that we are going from the COVID 19 pandemic in our territories (indigenous or tribal at the Latin American level), the presence of many extractive companies, mainly uranium and lithium, has increased, land traffickers and among other monoculture companies with fires for the cultivation of oil palm, logging, putting vulnerable peoples at greater risk than what is already experienced.

El imperativo de volver a los fundamentos ecuménicos

Entrevista con la Dra. Agnes Abuom, moderadora del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), sobre la reunión del Comité Ejecutivo del CMI celebrada del 17 al 23 de mayo de 2021. Con un tono de esperanza para el futuro, el Comité Ejecutivo del CMI abordó las múltiples crisis mundiales mediante declaraciones, mensajes pastorales y llamados a la oración.

La transición a los programas y las oraciones en línea durante la COVID-19 ha supuesto un desafío tanto para el CMI como para el resto del mundo, estimó Abuom, imponiendo “una carga pesada” a todos los miembros de la familia ecuménica en estos momentos en que el CMI se prepara para su 11ª Asamblea en Karlsruhe (Alemania), que tendrá lugar el año que viene.

L’impératif de revenir aux fondements de l’œcuménisme

Mme Agnes Abuom, modératrice du Comité central du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), a été interrogée sur la réunion du Comité exécutif du COE qui s’est tenue du 17 au 23 mai 2021. Le Comité exécutif du COE a exprimé son espoir pour l’avenir tout en abordant de multiples crises mondiales par des déclarations, des messages pastoraux et des appels à la prière.

La transition vers une programmation et des prières en ligne au cours de la COVID-19 a représenté un défi pour le COE et le reste du monde, a constaté Mme Abuom, qui a déclaré qu’il s’agissait d’un «lourd fardeau» pour tous les membres de la famille œcuménique alors que le COE se prépare à sa 11e Assemblée à Karlsruhe, en Allemagne, l’année prochaine.

The imperative to go back to the ecumenical basics

Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, was asked about the WCC executive committee meeting held on 17-23 May 2021. The WCC executive committee set a tone of hope for the future while, at the same time, addressing multiple global crises with statements, pastoral messages, and calls for prayer.

The transition to online programming and prayers during COVID-19 has challenged the WCC, and the rest of the world, Abuom found, and said is a heavy burden” on all in the ecumenical family as the WCC prepares for its 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany next year.

The pandemic does not stop the pilgrimage— it deepens the accompaniment

As part of a series of material prepared for a special edition of the WCC newsletter focusing on the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace, WCC news interviewed Rev. Prof. Dr Fernando Enns, from the Association of Mennonite Congregations in Germany, and Jennifer Martin, Education in Mission secretary for the Caribbean and North America Council for Mission, United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Enns and Martin share the moderation of the Reference Group of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace since its creation in 2013.

In Colombia, “what is happening is terribly painful”

Rev. Gloria Ulloa, World Council of Churches president for Latin America and the Caribbean, is in Cali, Colombia, with a delegation of DiPaz, the country’s main ecumenical peacebuilding platform. The group is having direct grassroots contact with the conflicts currently taking place. Ulloa and others hope to bring to light testimonies of peoples and communities usually forgotten by the big media.

Below is Ulloa's latest description on the ground.

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Video: Khan Al Ahmar - Easter Initiative 2021

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