On 20 May 2022, a group of us, 14 pilgrims from different parts of the world (Kenya, Brussels, Germany, Hong Kong, Philippines, Poland, Rome, Korea, Canada, Fiji, Australia, London, Scotland, and Geneva—a very diverse group) gathered in Palermo, Italy for a Pilgrim Team Visit on the theme of migration.
World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca shared greetings with the 37th Session of the World Student Christian Federation General Assembly, which will be held in Berlin from 23 June to 1 July.
Ekaterina E. wears the human face of statelessness every day.“Statelessness is about expulsion from the human community” she says, “for me personally, being stateless means I have been separated from my mother for nearly 30 years now.”
Global Christian Forum sustains imperative role in a post-pandemic world and reaches out to new groups of people. Global meeting to be held in Ghana in 2024.
El Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), en una declaración sobre el cambio climático, instó a la 11ª Asamblea y los órganos rectores del CMI a que consideren “la creación de una nueva Comisión sobre el Cambio Climático y el Desarrollo Sostenible con el fin de centrar la atención adecuada en este asunto durante este período fundamental”.
My name is Tobias Nissen, I am an 18-year-old UK / Danish dual national who has lived in France my whole life. I attended school in Geneva, Switzerland and during my final years of education, I wrote an essay about the effects that climate change is having on low-lying Pacific countries. From this point on my interest in the Pacific region grew, and when I received the opportunity to work as an intern for the Pacific Conference of Churches, in Fiji for 2 months, I knew that it would be an experience that I couldn’t miss.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, in a statement on climate change, urged consideration by the WCC 11th Assembly and governing bodies “of the establishment of a new Commission on Climate Change and Sustainable Development in order to bring the appropriate focus to this issue in this pivotal period.”
En una ceremonia de firma, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) y el Foro Cristiano Mundial afirmaron la singularidad de su papel en su búsqueda mutua de la unidad cristiana. Este acuerdo constituye un hito histórico en la larga colaboración entre las dos organizaciones.
Durante la bendición de una colcha de retales de la paz recibida como regalo de las mujeres del Congreso Mundial Menonita, el Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) afirmó su compromiso de orar y abogar por el fin de la violencia de género.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) and Global Christian Forum, in a signing ceremony, affirmed their unique roles in their mutual quest for Christian unity. The agreement marks an historic milestone in the longtime collaboration between the two organizations.
During a blessing of a peace quilt received as a gift from the women of the Mennonite World Conference, the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee affirmed its commitment to pray for and advocate for an end to gender-based violence.
La oración de apertura del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), celebrada el 15 de junio, rindió homenaje a los colegas fallecidos, y en particular al difunto metropolitano Gennadios.
The opening prayer of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, held 15 June, offered tributes to colleagues who have passed away, including special tributes to the late Metropolitan Gennadios.
El Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha nombrado, por consenso, a tres nuevos directivos de personal del CMI: una directora de programa de Unidad y Misión; un director de programa de Testimonio Público y Diaconía; y un director de la Comisión de Misión Mundial y Evangelización.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee has appointed, by consensus, three new WCC staff leaders: a programme director for Unity and Mission; a programme director for Public Witness and Diakonia; and a director of the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.
On 20 June, World Refugee Day, a World Council of Churches (WCC) webinar will focus on statelessness and the recently addopted “Interfaith Affirmations on Belongingness.”
After the recent war and its impact on the whole of Armenia and particularly in the region of Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh, some pilgrims from the fellowship of the World Council of Churches (WCC) visited Armenia from 27 May to June 1.
Offering a churches’ perspective during a dialogue on humanitarian aid on 10 June, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca spoke on the faith and spiritual foundations for helping one another.
El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) y ACT Alianza han presentado hoy una importante publicación sobre la diaconía ecuménica, la cual ofrece una plataforma común a las iglesias y los asociados ecuménicos de todo el mundo para actuar y reflexionar juntos.
El secretario general en funciones del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, envió un jovial saludo al Consejo de la Federación Luterana Mundial, reunido bajo el lema «En Cristo, todas las cosas subsisten».