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In a meditation at the Saint Egidio evening prayer in the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome on 14 December, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit celebrated love and hope this Advent season, particularly in the context of the plight of thousands of refugees and varied reactions to the climate talks in Paris.

Bible Societies are working in more than 200 countries and territories around the world to make known the Word of God. At the heart of the work – from the translation of Holy Scripture to publishing, distribution and advocacy, and engagement activities – is the principle of collaborating with and serving the churches.

Bishop Dr Tamás Fabiny, Lutheran World Federation vice president for Central Eastern Europe, remembered deceased refugees in a sermon at the prayer gathering of the Sant’Egidio community in Budapest on 22 November. He also urged churches to continue to advocate for open and supportive attitudes toward refugees, especially in communities where prejudice is steeped in tradition.

El Dr. Tamás Fabiny, obispo luterano que es vicepresidente de la Federación Luterana Mundial para Europa central y oriental, recordó en su sermón durante el encuentro de oración de la comunidad de Sant’Egidio, que se celebró el pasado 22 de noviembre en Budapest (Hungría), a los refugiados fallecidos en su intento de llegar a Europa. Asimismo, exhortó a las iglesias a seguir promoviendo actitudes abiertas y de apoyo hacia los refugiados, especialmente en aquellas comunidades en las que los prejuicios están arraigados en la tradición.

Ghanaian Joyce Larko Steiner spends her life fighting child trafficking and child labour in her country.

As the 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change came to a close in Paris, a consultation organized by the National Council of Churches in the Philippines and the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance of the WCC on 11 December in Quezon City, Philippines considered “The Right to Food and Life in the Context of Climate Change.”

Edward Dommen has been honoured for writing A Peaceable Economy, his 2014 book on the potential for peacemaking through economics. The work appears in the Voices and Visions series of WCC Publications, the World Council of Churches book publishing programme.

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, is visiting Rome 14-15 December.

Reflections from the International Conference on Peace and Reunification on the Korean Peninsula in Arnoldshain, Germany

“Disability does not mean inability! Human rights for all! Equality and access to good health care! Leave no one behind!” Slogans were plentiful at the 18th International Conference on AIDS and STIs. Some participants felt that the conference venue sadly belied these clarion calls as it was ill-equipped to handle the mobility and access needs of persons with disabilities.

As he visited vastly different places — Berlin and the island of Samos, a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea — the Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece made a consistent call for more definitive state action on the refugee crisis.

The Basel University honoured Ghanaian Methodist theologian Mercy Amba Oduyoye with a doctor of theology honoris causa.

At “World Cafés”, compelling examples of concrete work to create a better world for children were presented at the WCC-UNICEF seminar on Children's Rights held 19 November.

Chantal Scheidecker, a former member of the WCC staff who was instrumental in the 1960s during formational stages of the Churches‘ Commission for Migrants in Europe, has died in Geneva on 28 November 2015 at the age of 82.

Climate-induced loss and damage is one of the key points being raised by faith groups during COP21. A discussion panel and a demonstration held at COP21 in early December brought to light many facets of this issue.

Las pérdidas y daños provocados por el cambio climático son una de las cuestiones fundamentales que han planteado los grupos religiosos durante la COP21. La mesa redonda y la manifestación que tuvieron lugar en la cumbre a principios de diciembre revelaron muchas facetas de este asunto.

Hundreds of people from many nations and confessions, among them pastors, priests, laity, nuns, bishops, archbishops and cardinals, joined in a service for God’s Creation at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris during the United Nations climate conference (COP 21) being held in the city.

How and in which ways are money and finance shaping the world economy and society? What ought to be the roles of money and finance and what can we do together as faith communities to make the prevailing international financial architecture more just and compassionate?

Over 20 faith leaders, with youth, political and civil society representatives sat down for a unique lunch at COP21 at a table with knives and forks but no food, in a public demonstration of their hunger for climate justice. The stunt was part of the Fast for the Climate initiatives on December 1st in Paris.

Líderes religiosos –junto a representantes de la juventud, de la política y de la sociedad civil– se sentaron para tomar un almuerzo excepcional en una mesa con su servicio de cubertería completo, pero sin comida, para manifestar públicamente su hambre de justicia climática.