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By Maurice Malanes (*)

"So far is just a signature, now they have to walk the talk", says Munib Younan, the bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, commenting on the results of the Annapolis Middle East conference hosted by the US administration on 27 November. Cautiously optimistic, he adds: "I do hope this is a serious attempt to achieve a lasting peace."

El arzobispo metodista Michael Kehinde Stephen, de Nigeria, ha sido elegido moderador del Comité Permanente sobre Ecumenismo en el siglo XXI, un grupo encargado de fomentar y dar seguimiento a iniciativas en pro de la unidad cristiana a nivel mundial. Fue elegido por consenso por los catorce miembros que asistieron a la primera reunión del comité durante la semana del 18 al 20 de noviembre en Bossey, cerca de Ginebra, Suiza.

Rev. Canon Dr John Saint Helier Gibaut, from the Anglican Church of Canada, will head the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order as of January 2008.

Methodist archbishop Michael Kehinde Stephen of Nigeria has been chosen to moderate the Continuation Committee on Ecumenism in the 21st Century, a group assigned to monitor and encourage initiatives in the global quest for Christian unity. He was affirmed by consensus of the fourteen members attending the committee's first meeting during the week of 18-20 November in Bossey, Switzerland.

Good faith, multilateral participation and adherence to the rule of law are essential if the Annapolis Middle East Conference starting Tuesday, 27 November, is to be a success, WCC general secretary Samuel Kobia writes to Condoleezza Rice, Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas.

El Rev. Canónigo Dr. John Saint Helier Gibaut, de la Iglesia Anglicana de Canadá, será el director de la Comisión de Fe y Constitución del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) desde enero de 2008.

In face of what he called "escalating human rights violations," the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia announced stronger ecumenical advocacy efforts to bring the Philippines under international scrutiny.

Churches in Bangladesh have launched a massive relief effort for victims of the devastating cyclone that has claimed thousands of lives along the country's southwestern coast.

Revised figures for the HIV epidemic which drop the estimated number of people living with HIV worldwide to about 33 million have been welcomed by church workers active in the response to HIV and AIDS around the world as a sign of hope and a challenge to keep promises. The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) collected their views.

Por Maurice Malanes (*)

El hecho de que "la riqueza se creó y se mantiene a base de la extracción y saqueo continuos de los recursos de África, así como gracias a la explotación de la población africana" fue el severo recordatorio que dirigieron a los cristianos del Norte del mundo los participantes en la consulta ecuménica sobre la vinculación entre pobreza, riqueza y ecología ("Linking poverty, wealth and ecology") celebrada la semana pasada.

By Maurice Malanes (*)

The global ecumenical family's concern about the growing human rights violations in the Philippines will be a major focus of the 18-21 November visit to the country by the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia.

La preocupación de la familia ecuménica mundial por las crecientes violaciones de los derechos humanos en Filipinas será el foco de atención de la visita que, del 18 al 21 de noviembre, realizará al país el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia.

A severe reminder "of the wealth that was built and sustained on the continued extraction and plunder of Africa's resources as well as on the exploitation of Africa's people" was addressed to Christians in the global North by the participants in the African ecumenical consultation "Linking poverty, wealth and ecology" last week.

Después de cuatro días de reuniones, unos 240 dirigentes de una amplia gama de iglesias, confesiones y organizaciones intereclesiales de más de 70 países acordaron llevar adelante lo que denominan "el proceso del Foro Cristiano Mundial ", una plataforma abierta para el encuentro y el diálogo cuyo objetivo es "fomentar el respeto mutuo, y examinar y afrontar problemas comunes ".

After four days of meetings, some 240 leaders of a broad range of churches, confessions and interchurch organizations from over 70 countries agreed to carry forward what they call "the Global Christian Forum process", an open platform for encounter and dialogue whose goal is to "foster mutual respect, explore and address common challenges".

Por Juan Michel (*)

Pentecostal theologian and scholar Cheryl Bridges-Johns proposed a radical reinvention of the ecumenical movement in a keynote address delivered on the third day of the Global Christian Forum which takes place 6-9 November in Limuru, near Nairobi, Kenya.