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Im Osten Indonesiens seien die Beziehungen zwischen katholischen und protestantischen Gläubigen auf lokaler Ebene nicht so komplex wie die Gespräche über Dogmen auf höheren kirchlichen Ebenen, sagt eine Pastorin der Protestantischen Kirche der Molukken.

Relations between Catholics and Protestants at the local level in East Indonesia are not as complex as talking about dogma at higher church levels, says a pastor from the Protestant Church in Maluku.

Las relaciones entre católicos y protestantes a nivel local en Indonesia oriental no son tan complejas como el hecho de hablar sobre el dogma a niveles más altos de la iglesia, comenta una pastora de la Iglesia Protestante de Maluku.

Das Ökumenische Institut in Bossey, das Papst Franziskus am Donnerstag, 21. Juni, im Rahmen seiner Pilgerfahrt zum Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen in Genf besuchen wird, ist eine Ideenwerkstatt, in der zukünftige Wege zur christlichen Einheit erschlossen werden.
Das nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg zur Förderung von Dialog und Begegnungen zwischen Angehörigen der verschiedenen christlichen Kirchen gegründete Institut ist in einem eleganten Château aus dem 18. Jahrhundert beheimatet, von dem aus man einen Blick über den Genfersee und das Alpenpanorama genießt.

The Ecumenical Institute Bossey, which Pope Francis visits on Thursday, 21 June, as part of his pilgrimage to the World Council of Churches in Geneva, is a workshop of ideas, where the future path toward Christian unity is being mapped out.

El Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey –que el papa Francisco visitará el jueves 21 de junio durante su peregrinación al Consejo Mundial de Iglesias en Ginebra– es un semillero de ideas donde se está trazando el futuro camino hacia la unidad cristiana.

L’Institut œcuménique de Bossey, qui recevra la visite du pape François le jeudi 21 juin, dans le cadre de son pèlerinage au Conseil œcuménique des Églises à Genève, est un atelier d’idées, où l’avenir de l’unité des chrétiens se dessine.

*Di Philippa Hitchen
L’Istituto ecumenico di Bossey, che Papa Francesco visiterà giovedì 21 giugno, come tappa del suo pellegrinaggio al Consiglio ecumenico delle chiese a Ginevra, è un laboratorio di idee in cui viene tracciato il futuro percorso verso l’unità dei cristiani.

Chō Takeda Kiyoko passed away on 12 April at the age of 100. Throughout her many scholarly pursuits, she always strived to deepen her engagement with global ecumenical Christianity. The World Council of Churches released a tribute.

Applications are now open for YATRA (Youth in Asia Training for Religious Amity) 2018, an inter-religious training programme of the WCC. The intensive training course, held annually since 2014, seeks to enable young Christian leaders from Asian churches to contribute towards the building up of just, harmonious and peaceable communities by equipping them for ministries of justice and peace from an inter-religious perspective.

Rt Rev. Dr Samuel Amirtham, an internationally renowned theologian, bishop and ecumenical leader, passed away on 26 September at the age of 85. Amirtham was a multifaceted and charismatic teacher, pastor, leader, and revolutionary, inspiring and accompanying many lives, from remote villages to universities, to the corridors of power.

On 18-19 July, 35 young leaders from 14 countries across Asia – part of the World Council of Churches' (WCC) Youth in Asia Training in Religious Amity (YATRA) – travelled to the Indonesian city of Bandung to meet with faith leaders and young activists engaged in interreligious dialogue and work.

The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), on 11-12 July, held an international consultation on “Towards Revitalising the Ecumenical Movement in Asia.” The gathering of 60 church and ecumenical leaders was organised by the CCA at its headquarters in Chiang Mai, Thailand as a prelude to its Diamond Jubilee celebration.

The World Council of Churches' (WCC) popular YATRA (Youth in Asia Training for Religious Amity) programme has a new online learning component that adds four weeks of intensive training to two weeks of residential learning. When 35 young men and women from 14 different countries meet at the Jakarta Theological Seminary in Indonesia on 8 July, they will already have a familiarity with the major religious traditions found in Asia, thanks to their online studies.

“We’ve seen in the case of refugees, how the church takes a strong standpoint in welcoming those who have fled. But it isn’t always so easy in the congregations. There are many who feel fear, as we receive not only refugees but sometimes also people of other faiths. In this case, we can see a gap between what the church says, and what is actually lived.”

Reconciliation was once primarily seen as a message of the church but is now used by secular leaders trying to establish peace in communities torn by conflict and war, the WCC president for Africa, the Rev. Mary Anne Plaatjies van Huffel, has said at a major Protestant gathering in Germany.

Eighteen representatives from theological institutions in Asia met in Bangkok, Thailand, from 17-20 April at a consultation on “Ecumenical Theological Education and Contextual Theologies in Asia” convened by the Ecumenical Theological Education department of the WCC with the support of the Foundation for Theological Education in South East Asia, and in collaboration with theological associations and institutions in Asia.

Greta Nania-Montoya Ortega hat eine enthusiastische Botschaft für junge Erwachsene, die am Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI) 2018 interessiert sind: „Verpasst nicht diese einmalige Gelegenheit. Sie wird euer Leben verändern!“

Greta Nania-Montoya Ortega has an enthusiastic message for young people considering signing up for the 2018 Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI): “Do not miss this unique opportunity. It will change your life!”

Greta Nania-Montoya Ortega tiene un mensaje entusiasta para los jóvenes que estén pensando en inscribirse en el Instituto Teológico Ecuménico Mundial (GETI, por sus siglas en inglés) de 2018: “No pierdan esta oportunidad única, ¡les cambiará la vida!”