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On 4 October at 5 pm CEST, ecumenical youth leaders from around the globe will lead the closing prayer and reflection to celebrate the closing of the Season of Creation on this year’s theme, “Listen to the Voice of Creation.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is beginning a project with local partners in four countries—India, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, and Jamaica—to bring back HIV and AIDS response to the national agendas, this time with a focus on sustainability.

Alors que le groupe de travail sur le climat du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se réunit ce mois-ci, l’organe consultatif veut proposer les fruits de son travail pour alimenter la réflexion et, plus important encore, stimuler l’action à la 11^e Assemblée du COE à Karlsruhe. Ci-après, le pasteur Henrik Grape, conseiller principal pour la création, la durabilité et la justice climatique, confie ses réflexions sur la justice climatique en amont de la prochaine Assemblée, mais aussi au-delà.

Louk Andrianos, consultant du COE pour le souci de la création, la durabilité et la justice climatique, revient sur la 11^e Assemblée du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) et dit son espoir qu’elle donnera au monde une chance de se réconcilier avec toute notre création.

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) Climate Working Group meets this month, the advisory body is looking forward to offering the fruits of its work for reflection and, most important, action at the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe. Below, Rev. Henrik Grape, senior advisor on Care for Creation, Sustainability, and Climate Justice, reflects on climate justice work in the lead-up to the assembly and beyond.

Dr Louk Andrianos, WCC consultant on the Care for Creation, Sustainability and Climate Justice, reflects below on his hopes that the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly will present the world with a chance to reconcile with our whole creation.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca extended greetings and sympathy to the many in South Korea affected by record heavy rainfall—the most in 115 years. The deluge battered Seoul and caused damage throughout the central and eastern regions in South Korea.

The Joint Report of the Ecumenical Indigenous Peoples Network Reference Group and the Working Group on Climate Change of the World Council of Churches (WCC) affirmed the integral and pivotal role Indigenous Peoples have in shaping an alternative path of being in the right relationship with the whole of Creation.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed great concern in the wake of a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck the northern part of Luzon Island in the Philippines on 27 July.

Bridging economics and theology, the 5^th edition of the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School) concluded on 8 July in Berlin, Germany.

Programme executive for Child Rights Frederique Seidel represented the World Council of Churches (WCC) as a keynote speaker in the session announcing the 2022 Keeling Curve Prize Winners.

Co-hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Ecumenical and Francophone Seminar on the Theology of Ecology (SOFTE), the conference held on 5-8 July in Geneva, Switzerland, reflected on an ecumenical theology of ecology and care for creation that promotes a visible unity of Christian churches.

La première école GEM en présentiel organisée depuis 2019 a ouvert ses portes à Berlin, en Allemagne et s’est penchée tout particulièrement sur l'économie écologique et féministe.La première école GEM en présentiel organisée depuis 2019 a ouvert ses portes à Berlin, en Allemagne et s’est penchée tout particulièrement sur l'économie écologique et féministe.

The first face-to-face GEM School held since 2019 has opened in Berlin, Germany, with a focus on ecological and feminist economics.

 Le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a nommé, par consensus, trois nouveaux responsables du personnel du COE : un directeur du programme Unité et mission, un directeur du programme Témoignage public et diaconie, et un directeur de la Commission de mission et d'évangélisation.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee has appointed, by consensus, three new WCC staff leaders: a programme director for Unity and Mission; a programme director for Public Witness and Diakonia; and a director of the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.

Offering a churches’ perspective during a dialogue on humanitarian aid on 10 June, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca spoke on the faith and spiritual foundations for helping one another.

Une importante publication sur la diaconie œcuménique, offrant une plate-forme commune aux Églises et aux partenaires œcuméniques du monde entier pour agir et réfléchir ensemble, a été présentée aujourd’hui par le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) et l’Alliance ACT