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Almost 30 international students from the WCC's Bossey Ecumenical Institute, Switzerland, are embarking on a future of ecumenism, dialogue and unity that began with months of intense study and fellowship.

“Inequality hurts us all and goes against God’s vision of life in abundance for every human being”, said Athena Peralta, World Council of Churches (WCC) programme executive for economic and ecological justice, at a prayer service on the occasion of the Week of Action to Fight Inequality, held at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, on 21 January.

“La desigualdad nos perjudica a todos y va en contra de la visión de Dios de una vida en abundancia para cada ser humano”, dijo Athena Peralta, secretaria ejecutiva del programa del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) sobre Justicia Económica y Ecológica, en un servicio de oración celebrado en el Centro Ecuménico de Ginebra, el 21 de enero, con motivo de la Semana de Acción contra la Desigualdad.

The annual meeting with the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) and the World Council of Churches was held in Rome from 10-11 January. Staff of both the PCID and the Office of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation of the World Council of Churches participated.

In a speech at the World Council of Churches (WCC) Assembly Planning Committee (APC) meeting in Cyprus this week, WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit reflected on the theme of the upcoming WCC 11th Assembly, “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.”

En un discurso pronunciado durante la reunión del Comité de Planificación de la Asamblea del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) que se celebra esta semana en Chipre, el secretario general del CMI, Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, reflexionó sobre el tema de la próxima XI Asamblea del CMI: “El amor de Cristo lleva al mundo a la reconciliación y la unidad”.

In an opening address at a Forum on Modern Slavery in Istanbul on 7 January, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew spoke on “Awareness, Action and Impact.” After many centuries of progress and advancement, we still live in a world where injustice and slavery continue to thrive, and where human dignity is exchanged for the sole purpose of greed, gain, and profit, reflected Bartholomew.

During a sermon at the Ecumenical Centre on 7 January, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit opened 2019 with words on the magoi, or “the wise” unidentified worshippers of the newborn baby Jesus.

Durante un sermón pronunciado el 7 de enero, en el Centro Ecuménico, el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, inauguró el 2019 dedicando unas palabras a los magos o sabios, de identidad desconocida, que fueron a adorar a Jesús recién nacido.

Dealing with people on the move is crucial to the work of the Church in the 21st century says Greek Metropolitan Gabriel of Nea Ionia and Filadelfia. More than 31,000 irregular migrants arrived in Greece by sea in 2018 and almost 17,000 arrived by land, according to the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM).

WCC News met with the Very Reverend Archimandrite Dr Alexi Chehadeh, who leads the Department of Ecumenical Relations and Development for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and all the East in Damascus, Syria. He is an impressive role model and peacemaker in Syria.

El Muy Reverendo archimandrita Alexi Chehadeh, jefe del Departamento de Relaciones Ecuménicas y Desarrollo del Patriarcado Greco-Ortodoxo de Antioquía y todo el Oriente, en Damasco (Siria), concedió la siguiente entrevista a las Noticias del CMI. El padre Alexi es una figura modélica impresionante, además de ser pacificador en Siria.

Many ecumenical pioneers, including former WCC general secretary Philip Potter, were in a sense a product of the Sunday School movement. Ulrich Becker tells a story that seems to be in danger of being forgotten.

Muchos pioneros ecuménicos, entre ellos el exsecretario general del CMI, Philip Potter, fueron en cierto modo producto del movimiento de la escuela dominical. Ulrich Becker cuenta una historia que parece correr el peligro de ser olvidada.

The International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation and World Council of Churches held a learning exchange activity in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland on 28 November. The activity was attended by indigenous peoples’ organizations and support networks from the Philippines, Zambia, Peru, and Colombia.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approved on 14 November the formal statement, “Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love,” a pastoral letter against racism.

As part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Centro Pro Unione, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit spoke on 15 November in Rome about “What Does Mutual Accountability Mean for Christians and the Christian Life?”

In a sermon in the Uppsala Cathedral in Sweden on 4 November, WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit remembered that, on 4 July 1968, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. should have entered the very same cathedral to preach at the opening service of the WCC Fourth Assembly.

En el sermón que pronunció en la catedral de Uppsala en Suecia el 4 de noviembre, el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, recordó que el 4 de julio de 1968, el Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. debería haber entrado en la misma catedral para predicar en el servicio de apertura de la IV Asamblea del CMI.

The International Commission for Anglican–Orthodox Theological Dialogue released a communiqué after a meeting in Larnaca, Cyprus from 13-20 October.