Search results

Prayers for peace and reunification of the Korean peninsula were held at the Bongsu Church in Pyongyang, North Korea on 15 August, with participation from a nineteen-member delegation organized by the National Council of Churches in Korea, comprised of representatives from member churches of the WCC and ecumenical organizations from South Korea, including women and youth delegates.

The targeting of tens of thousands of Christians and other religious minorities can never be justified in the name of any religious creed or conviction, said Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in a statement issued on 13 August.

High officials from ancient Christian churches in the Near East have issued a common statement denouncing the emergence of armed extremist groups who “murder, shatter and violate the sacred nature of the churches” and other suffering communities in the Middle East.

오는 9월 21일일부터 22일까지 뉴욕에서 '기후변화에 관한 범종교 회의'가 WCC와 '평화를 위한 종교들' 공동주관으로 열린다. 이번 범종교 회의는 오는 9월 23일 UN 주관으로 열리는 '기후정상회의'의 사전대회 형식으로 치루어진다. 범종교 회의를 준비하면서 한국의 대표적인 녹색교회인 고기교회를 소개하는 동영상이 범종교 회의 홈페이지(http://www.interfaithclimate.org/reflections)에 게재되었다.

Despite challenges posed by the lack of resources and preparedness to deal with the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, churches in the country have initiated programmes to build awareness around the disease, prevention and assistance for Ebola victims.

Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, associate and acting general secretary of the WCC, has expressed solidarity with those seeking justice for women who suffered from sexual slavery imposed by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.

A Dra. Isabel Apawo Phiri, diretora associada e secretária geral interina do CMI, expressou solidariedade com todos os que buscam justiça para as mulheres coreanas que foram submetidas à escravidão sexual pelo Exército Imperial do Japão durante a II Guerra Mundial.

At the Central Committee meeting of the WCC, leadership of the Council’s consultative bodies was announced. These bodies will steer through the work of the WCC in accomplishing the call from its 10th Assembly to engage in a “pilgrimage of justice and peace”. The WCC assembly was held in the Republic of Korea in 2013.

After searching for more than 35 years, the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo in Argentina have finally found the grandson of one of their founders, Estela de Carlotto.

Após procurar por mais de 35 anos, as Avós da Praça de Maio, na Argentina, finalmente encontraram o neto de Estela de Carlotto, uma de suas fundadoras.

WCC 부총무인 이자벨 아파오 피리 박사는 북부 이라크에 있는 WCC 회원교회들과의 연대를 위한 공개편지에서 북부 이라크 니느웨와 주변지역의 모든 교회와 기독교인들을 위한 기도를 요청하였다.

Em carta aberta às igrejas-membro do CMI na região Norte do Iraque, a Dra. Isabel Apawo Phiri, diretora associada e secretária geral interina do CMI, pediu orações pelos cristãos, comunidades de igrejas e povo da região da planície de Nínive, no Norte do Iraque, assim como a região circundante.

The recent air strikes by Israel on the Gaza Strip have crippled the water distribution system. Dinesh Suna, coordinator of the Ecumenical Water Network of the WCC, shares that an already challenging water situation in Gaza has recently worsened because of the violence, threatening the fundamental human right to water and sanitation.

The WCC has issued an urgent call to the United Nations for an immediate response to the killing of Christians and others by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant fighters.

O Conselho Mundial de Igrejas (CMI) emitiu um apelo urgente às Nações Unidas pedindo uma resposta imediata ao assassinato de cristãos e outros grupos por parte de militantes do autoproclamado Estado Islâmico no Iraque e na Síria (ISIS).

1953년 7월 27일 에 맺은 정전협정 61주년을 기념하는 한반도 평화 통일을 위한 평화의 행진과 기도회가 300여명이 참석한 가운데 지난 7월 26일 워싱턴에서 열렸다.

Plans are advancing for the Interfaith Summit on Climate Change, to be held in New York from 21 to 22 September. A new website featuring interfaith perspectives on climate change, highlighting the upcoming summit, has recently gone online.

The WCC invites its member churches to join in prayer for peace and reunification of the Korean peninsula on Sunday, 10 August.

Representatives from the WCC and Japanese churches meet with second in command of Japanese government about nuclear dangers and maintaining peace clause in constitution.

지난 8월 4일(월) 장상 WCC 회장이 일본 총리 관저에서 스가 요시히데 관방장관을 만나 지난 7월 WCC 중앙위원회에서 채택된 “핵없는 세상을 위하여”와 “일본 헌법 9조 재해석”에 관한 성명서를 전달하고 WCC의 입장을 설명했다. 이번 만남에는 렌타 니시하라 일본 WCC 중앙위원과 가토 마코토 일본 기독교단 총무 등이 동석하였다.