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Una defensa multiconfesional del clima: no queda mucho tiempo

Los datos están claros:  la última década ha sido la más cálida de todas las registradas. De los veinte años más cálidos, diecinueve han tenido lugar desde el año 2000. Y los hechos indican que la causa es el aumento de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero producidas por la actividad humana. Los científicos de todo el mundo han advertido de que, de seguir el ritmo actual, ya para 2023 el planeta habrá aumentado su temperatura en 1,5º C. Eso es dentro de menos de una década; aún vivirá la mayoría de quienes están vivos hoy.

La lucha de las mujeres indígenas por la identidad en Asia y otros lugares

Las contribuciones a la sociedad y la comunidad realizadas por las mujeres indígenas en Asia con frecuencia pasan desapercibidas y no son reconocidas debido a la continua marginación y discriminación en la región y más allá. Los participantes de un taller celebrado el 2 de septiembre en la 11ª Asamblea del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) fueron informados de que, aunque la igualdad de género cobra lentamente impulso a escala mundial, las mujeres indígenas siguen luchando por sus derechos: en primer lugar como mujeres y en segundo lugar como indígenas.

Promoting human dignity through art

“Affirming justice and human dignity”  was the theme of the fourth thematic plenary of the World Council of Churches(WCC) 11th assembly on 6 September. The presentation featured a wheelchair dance performance by Fadi El Halabi, a wheelchair user and Ms. Karen Abi Nader, an international artist. In the freestyle dance, Halabi effortlessly spinned around his wheelchair and,  with slow coordinated moves together with his dance partner, threw hands in the air symbolizing the joy that can only be felt when all exclusionary and disempowerment practices in church and society are addressed.

Indigenous women struggle for identity in Asia and beyond

The contributions made by indigenous women in Asia to society and community often go unnoticed and unrecognized due to continued marginalization and discrimination in the region and beyond. Participants in a September 2 workshop at the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th assembly heard that while gender equality is slowly gaining momentum globally, indigenous women are still struggling for their rights - first as women and second as indigenous women.

Multifaith advocacy for the climate: Not really much time left

The signs are on the wall. The last decade was the warmest on record. Of the 20 warmest years, 19 occurred since 2000. And evidence indicates that this is due to the rise of greenhouse gas emissions produced by human activity. World’s scientists have warned that, at the current rate, the world could cross 1.5˚C hotter as soon as 2030. That’s less than a decade from now, well within the lifespan of most people alive today

Los jóvenes exigen justicia climática

“¡Si quieren justicia climática, digan ‘AMÉN’!” fue el cántico de los jóvenes que encabezaban la protesta que recorrió la zona de exposiciones del Brunnen en la 11ª Asamblea del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias en Karlsruhe (Alemania) el 2 de septiembre de 2022.

La 11a Asamblea del CMI celebra la creación de Dios con el símbolo de juntar las aguas

El primer día de septiembre, el día ortodoxo de oración por la creación y el inicio del Tiempo para la Creación celebrado por la comunidad ecuménica, los participantes en la 11a Asamblea del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se reunieron para la oración matutina recordando el deber de los creyentes de actuar como custodios y beneficiarios de la creación de Dios. El acto litúrgico central del servicio de oración fue mezclar jarros de agua de cada región habitada de la Tierra, juntando en un solo lugar las aguas, como símbolo del acto primero de la creación en Génesis 1:9.

Youth demand climate justice

“If you’re for climate justice, say ‘AMEN!’” was the chant as young people led a protest marching through the Brunnen exhibition zone at the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Karlsruhe, Germany on September 2, 2022.

El cuidado de la creación: décadas de promoción ecuménica

El 1 de septiembre señala el comienzo del Tiempo de la Creación, cinco semanas del calendario litúrgico reconocidas por la comunidad del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) y, desde 2015, también por la Iglesia Católica. Se trata de una demostración especialmente religiosa de la preocupación por el planeta y por las amenazas para la supervivencia de la Tierra como la conocemos.

Elijamos el poder del amor: las preasambleas formulan enérgicos llamados

Karlsruhe, una ciudad que fue construida sin muros hace más de trescientos años, abierta a amigos e invitados —en un tiempo en que otras ciudades aún se escondían detrás de fortificaciones—, acogió a visitantes de todo el mundo para la celebración de cuatro preasambleas que han presentado enérgicos llamados a la 11ª Asamblea del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI). 

God’s Creation is celebrated in a gathering of waters

Recalling believers’ mandate to act as stewards and beneficiaries of God’s creation, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Assembly gathered in morning prayer on the first day of September, the Orthodox Day of Prayer for Creation and the start of an ecumenically observed Season of Creation. At the heart of the liturgical action was a combining of vessels of water from each inhabited region of the earth, a “gathering of the waters” reflecting the earliest act of creation in Genesis 1:9.

Care for Creation: Decades of ecumenical advocacy

September 1 marks the beginning of the Season of Creation, five weeks in the liturgical calendar recognized by the fellowship of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and, since 2015, by the Catholic Church. It is an especially religious demonstration of concern for the planet and for threats to the survival of Earth as we know it.

Choose the power of love: Pre-Assemblies deliver powerful calls

Karlsruhe, a city built over 300 hundred years ago without walls, open to friends and guests —at a time where other cities still hid behind their fortifications —welcomed people from all over the world to four pre-assemblies that are bringing forward powerful calls to the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

Oasis of Peace Opening Prayer

This multilingual volume will guide the opening prayer of the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches on 31 August. In addition to the order of service it includes the text of the homily to be presented by John X Patriarch of Antioch and all the East and the youth testimony Ms Ann Jacob, United Methodist Church, USA.

A Hundred Years of Mission Cooperation

The Impact of the International Missionary Council 1921-2021

With its sister volume, this book is a must for anyone, academic, pastor, or mission practitioner, interested in knowing how Christianity was considerably expanded in the 20th century, through churches’ mission and missionary work, and was transformed into World (or Global) Christianity.

The book is divided into two parts. The first part contains the introduction—background reading for the reports of the study process produced by the IMC Centenary Study process. The second part of the book includes 13 regional reports. Contributions from all over the world analyse and evaluate the impact—or the absence thereof—of the IMC and the CWME from 1921 until today.

 

Together in the Mission of God

Jubilee Reflections on the International Missionary Council

What is so important in the International Missionary Council (IMC) and its historical successor, the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism, that they will have their own centennial volume?

By reading this book, the reader will gain a better understanding of how important and crucial they have been in the development of the ecumenical movement and of what today is often called World Christianity.

This volume aims to highlight how, in the course of the past century, structured efforts to foster unity in mission cooperation have shaped not only Christianity but even the world.