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The World Council of Churches reiterates (WCC) the urgent appeal issued by its Executive Committee in June for “all states engaged in the perilously escalating military confrontation in the [Korean] region to refrain from further escalation and to pursue instead initiatives to reduce tensions and to create a window for new dialogue initiatives.”

Banning nuclear weapons is something like climbing a mountain. The summit of this mountain – agreement on a ban treaty – is now clearly in view at United Nations negotiations in New York.

Members of a church-backed coalition have called on Indonesia to open access to West Papua for international journalists, independent observers, human rights organizations and the International Red Cross.

Bezüglich der jüngsten US-amerikanischen Maßnahmen in Bezug auf die Aufnahme von Flüchtlingen und die Einreise in die USA aus sieben Ländern mit muslimischer Mehrheit drücken der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK), die ACT Alliance (ACT) und der Lutherische Weltbund (LWB) ihre Besorgnis aus und bekräftigen, dass alle Christinnen und Christen aufgrund ihres Glaubens verpflichtet seien, Fremde, Flüchtlinge, Binnenvertriebene, den „Anderen“ zu lieben und willkommen zu heißen.

Expressing concern regarding recently announced US measures related to refugee admissions and entry into the US by seven Muslim-majority countries, the World Council of Churches (WCC), ACT Alliance (ACT), and The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) affirmed that faith calls all Christians to love and welcome the stranger, the refugee, the internally displaced person - “the other.”

With a background in international conflict resolution, peace-building and reconciliation, Professor Emily Welty is uniquely suited to her role as acting moderator of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the WCC. She facilitated the commission’s work most recently during its annual meeting in Geneva from 7 through 14 March.

Wenn Stephen Sidorak von seinem „Pilgerweg der Gerechtigkeit und des Friedens nach Japan - Fragen von Leben und Tod“ spricht, werden Leidenschaft, Engagement und Trauer sowie das Sehnen spürbar, dass Atomwaffen nie wieder zum Einsatz kommen dürfen.

When Stephen Sidorak speaks about “A Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace to Japan on a Matter of Life and Death” his voice rings with passion, commitment and regret along with a yearning that nuclear weapons must never be used in anger again.

To promote open discussions on the theological and practical discourse, narrative and experiences on implications for the work of the multi-religious organizations on religion, violence and extremism, the WCC, along with the General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church and the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists held a Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs.

Eine Gelegenheit zu ökumenischer Begegnung war die Internationale Konferenz für Frieden und Wiedervereinigung auf der koreanischen Halbinsel.

Reflections from the International Conference on Peace and Reunification on the Korean Peninsula in Arnoldshain, Germany

Eine 12-köpfige Delegation aus Vertreterinnen und Vertretern von Kirchen und ökumenischen Gremien weltweit reiste vom 23. bis 30. Oktober zu einem historischen internationalen ökumenischen Besuch und einer Tagung in die Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea.

A delegation representing churches and ecumenical bodies around the world met for an historic international ecumenical visit and meeting in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea from 23 to 30 October.

Adebayo Anthony Kehinde leads an African group supporting ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Its interfaith campaign is especially significant on the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings in Japan.

Seventy years after nuclear fireballs exploded over two Japanese cities, an ecumenical group of pilgrims has come to Hiroshima to listen to those who survived and renew the struggle against their own countries’ continued reliance on nuclear weapons.

Shortly after the 14th General Assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia, held recently in Indonesia´s capital Jakarta, WCC News had a brief chat with the newly elected general secretary of CCA, Dr Mathews George Chunakara.

The WCC says it is grateful that the churches of the Union of Utrecht, the Philippine Independent Church, and the Episcopal Church have embarked on a study about Globalization and Catholicity.

Amidst intimidation, illegal arrests, disappearances, torture and killings in Tanah Papua resulting from tensions between the Indonesian authorities and the Papuan pro-liberation groups, churches seek justice, peace, dignity and security for the Papuans.

Ein Gerichtsurteil in der Dominikanischen Republik, das geschätzten 200'000 Dominikaner/innen haitianischer Abstammung die Staatsbürgerschaft aberkennt, wurde von Kirchenleitenden scharf kritisiert, so auch von der Leitenden Bischöfin der Bischöflichen Kirche in den Vereinigten Staaten.

A court decision in the Dominican Republic annulling the citizenship of an estimated 200,000 Dominicans of Haitian ancestry has been strongly criticized by church leaders, including the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.