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A House panel in the United States Congress advanced a decades-long effort to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves by approving legislation, commonly referred to as H.R. 40, on 15 April that would create a commission to study the issue. The “40” refers to the failed government effort to provide 40 acres (16 hectares) of land to newly freed slaves as the Civil War drew to a close.

It's the first time the House Judiciary Committee has acted on the legislation.

Rev. Fr Dr Lawrence Iwuamadi is dean of the Ecumenical Institute, the graduate school which opened its academic year this week. Below, Iwuamadi reflects on the arrival of new students at the Ecumenical Institute during this remarkable time.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Château de Bossey is mourning the passing of Anglican Bishop Desire Mukanirwa, from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

With great sadness, the World Council of Churches (WCC) received news of the demise of Prof. Vuyani Vellem on 4 December. A member of the WCC’s Commission on Ecumenical Education and Formation, Vellem was director of the Centre for Public Theology and associate professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He also served as deputy secretary of the South Africa Council of Churches.

Pan African Women of Faith will gather in Washington, DC from 13-15 November to advocate for global nutrition and to observe the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved African peoples to Jamestown, Virginia (USA).

Pan-African Women of Faith, Bread for the World, the World Council of Churches (WCC), Pan-African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network, Pan-African Diaspora Women’s Association, African Union, and All Africa Conference of Churches have announced plans for a November conference as well as the rollout of a social media campaign aimed at promoting profiles advocating justice and equity.

Kenyan religious leaders, scholars, students and ordinary people have mourned Prof. John Samuel Mbiti, world-renowned Christian philosopher and writer who died on 6 October.

Gemeinsam mit seiner Familie und seinen Freunden trauert die Gemeinschaft des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) um Prof. Dr. John Samuel Mbiti, der am 6. Oktober verstorben ist, und ist gleichzeitig dankbar für sein Leben.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) fellowship joined family and friends of Prof. John Samuel Mbiti in giving thanks for his life and grieving his death on 6 October.

La comunidad del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se unió a los familiares y amigos del profesor John Samuel Mbiti para dar gracias por su vida y llorar su muerte el 6 de octubre.

La communauté du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se joint à la famille et aux amis de John Samuel Mbiti pour rendre grâce pour sa vie et faire le deuil de sa mort survenue le 6 octobre.

Das ökumenische theologische Bildungsprogramm des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) hat zum zweiten Mal einen Beitrag zur Entwicklung ökumenischer Kapazitäten in Marokko geleistet. Der ÖRK hat sich im Ökumenischen Theologischen Institut Al Mowafaqa in Rabat an der Durchführung eines Kurses über kontextuelle Theologien in Afrika beteiligt.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Theological Education programme has, for the second time, contributed to ecumenical capacity development in Morocco. The WCC helped instruct a course on contextual theologies and African theologies at the Ecumenical Theological Institute Al Mowafaqa in Rabat.

El programa del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) sobre Educación Teológica Ecuménica ha contribuido por segunda vez al desarrollo de capacidades ecuménicas en Marruecos. El CMI ha ayudado a impartir un curso sobre teologías contextuales y teologías africanas en el Instituto Ecuménico de Teología Al Mowafaqa, en Rabat.