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“We have sought to support dialogue as a means to resolve differences, and to reaffirm and strengthen calls for justice, peace and respect for diverse ways of thinking in contemporary societies”, reads a message issued by the members of an ecumenical delegation organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) that visited Nicaragua on 28-29 August.

“Hemos buscado apoyar el diálogo como un medio de zanjar diferencias, reafirmar y potenciar los llamados en favor de la justicia, la paz y el respeto de las distintas formas de pensar en las sociedades contemporáneas”, afirma el mensaje emitido por los integrantes de la delegación ecuménica que organizó el Consejo Mundial de Iglesia (CMI) y que estuvo en Nicaragua los días 28 y 29 de agosto.

Exposure visits taken by participants of the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management (GEM) offered a firsthand knowledge about economic and political injustices and challenges being faced by the migrant and indigenous communities in Mexico.

A 10-day program on global economics with participation of church leaders and young activists from diverse backgrounds was opened 19 August in Mexico City.

Churches, civil society organisations and almost 100 children and adolescents - many of whom experience poverty and violence daily - attended a consultation on 11 August organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the town of Pilar, north of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Iglesias, organizaciones de la sociedad civil y casi cien niños y adolescentes –muchos de los cuales padecen diariamente la pobreza y la violencia– asistieron el 11 de agosto a una consulta organizada por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en la ciudad de Pilar, al norte de Buenos Aires (Argentina).

“What?! You are going to the Barrio Borro? Sorry, I can’t drive you there, and no other taxi driver will do that for you. It is too dangerous to go there.” These were the reactions Frederique Seidel heard when she revealed her intention to visit the Obra Ecuménica Barrio Borro, in Uruguay.

“¡¿Qué?! ¿Va al Barrio Borro? Disculpe, pero no puede llevarla y ningún otro taxista lo hará. Es demasiado peligroso ir allí.” Esas fueron las reacciones que suscitó Frederique Seidel cuando dijo que tenía la intención de visitar la Obra Ecuménica Barrio Borro o el proyecto de apoyo ecuménico en dicho barrio de Montevideo, Uruguay.

The second edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice will be held from 1-12 November 2018 in San Salvador, El Salvador. This year the Eco-School will focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. Applications are now open with a deadline of 31 August 2018.

La segunda edición de la Eco-School del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) sobre justicia hídrica, alimentaria y climática tendrá lugar del 1 al 12 de noviembre en San Salvador, El Salvador. Este año, la ecoescuela se centrará en América Latina y el Caribe. La convocatoria está abierta y el plazo para presentar las solicitudes vence el 31 de agosto de 2018.

The alarming number of alleged civilian casualties in Nicaragua raises “deep concern for the weakening of human rights and the fragility of the state of law”, said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit on 19 July.

As Colombia strives to pave the road to just peace, new death threats against social, union and religious leaders and institutions were issued by paramilitaries earlier this week. The World Council of Churches (WCC) is closely following the developments and reiterates its full support to those committed to working for peace in the country.

Mientras Colombia se esfuerza por allanar el camino hacia la paz justa, los paramilitares lanzaron nuevas amenazas de muerte contra líderes e instituciones sociales, sindicales y religiosas a principios de esta semana. El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) está siguiendo de cerca los acontecimientos y reitera su pleno apoyo a quienes están dedicados a trabajar por la paz en el país.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has stressed that zero carbon emissions must be achieved by 2050 by the world if we are to avoid catastrophic climate impacts such severe and recurrent droughts, record-breaking storms as well as the inundation of small island states and coastal cities.

Despite a signed and ratified peace agreement, the long journey of regional churches and the WCC in support of peace in Colombia is not over, says the WCC central committee, which urges churches, governments, and others to press toward fulfillment of the terms and promises of the agreement, to prevent momentum ceasing and violence resurging.

A pesar de un acuerdo de paz firmado y ratificado, el largo viaje de las iglesias de la región y del CMI en apoyo a la paz en Colombia no ha terminado, dice el Comité Central del CMI, que insta a las iglesias, gobiernos y otras partes a presionar para que se cumplan las condiciones y promesas del acuerdo, y así evitar perder el impulso y que vuelva a surgir la violencia.

You wouldn’t pay two thousand times more than the value of a cup of coffee, so why pay that for a glass of water? That’s one of the reasons why members of the World Council of Churches’s Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) are encouraging you to consider joining the “Blue Community” and to stop using bottled water in places where tap water is safely and freely available.

In writing a story for the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Elias Crisóstomo Abramides of Argentina, from the Ecumenical Patriarchate, is writing the story of his life. His service at the WCC opened for him the gate to meeting and loving “the very good Creation of God”: love, respect and admiration for the life of his neighbours and for all creation.

Al escribir una historia para el 70º aniversario del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Elías Crisóstomo Abramides de Argentina, del Patriarcado Ecuménico, escribe la historia de su vida. Su labor en el CMI le abrió las puertas para conocer y amar “la muy buena Creación de Dios”: amor, respeto y admiración por la vida de sus prójimos y por toda la Creación.

Between 17–18 May, representatives of several religious denominations, theologians, economists, and experts in development and ecumenism gathered in São Paulo, Brazil, for the 3rd Dialogue on Ethics and Economics. They aim to build a common message to G20 leaders who will meet in Argentina later this year.