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Erich Weingartner, who previously helped lead the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, has also represented CanKor, a Canadian interactive resource on North Korea. From the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, he was also founding head of the Food Aid Liaison Unit of the World Food Programme.

Erich Weingartner, quien anteriormente ha participado en la dirección de la Comisión de las Iglesias para Asuntos Internacionales del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), también ha representado a CanKor, un recurso interactivo canadiense sobre Corea del Norte. Desde la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en Canadá, fue asimismo fundador y director de la Dependencia de Enlace de la Ayuda Alimentaria del Programa Mundial de Alimentos.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) co-convened a workshop on 28 January to plan faith-based support for the 25-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action, a comprehensive international instrument for addressing the full range of issues faced by women globally.

In a pastoral letter to Australian churches, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit acknowledged that the catastrophic fires in many parts of Australia have darkened the horizon in a time when much of the world is celebrating.

En una carta pastoral dirigida a las iglesias australianas, el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, reconoció que los incendios catastróficos que están arrasando muchas zonas de Australia han oscurecido el horizonte en un momento en que gran parte del mundo está de celebración.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) condemned an attack on a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi´s home north of New York City, on 28 December, stabbing and wounding five people. Several state and local officials have described the location of stabbing as a synagogue.

Churches across the Korean Peninsula will mark the year 2020 as a “jubilee year,” and, as they commemorate 70 years since the Korean War, religious leaders are pledging to redouble their ongoing efforts for stronger peace and reunification.

Las iglesias de toda la península de Corea celebrarán el año 2020 como un “año de jubileo” y, al conmemorar los setenta años desde la Guerra de Corea, los líderes religiosos se comprometen a seguir desplegando esfuerzos para alcanzar la paz y la reunificación.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) continues to amplify the voice of the indigenous Papuans in Indonesia, who are oppressed by racism and discrimination.

Concerned about the escalating crisis of violence, racism and discrimination against indigenous Papuans in Indonesia, a side event co-sponsored by the WCC was convened during a fall session of the UN Human Rights Council to discuss patterns that are oppressing and displacing Papuans.

In a message to those gathered in Hampton, Virginia (USA), World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit explored “Race, Repentance, and Reparation: An Ecumenical Opportunity.”

En un mensaje a los reunidos en Hampton (Virginia, EE.UU.), el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, exploró el tema “Raza, arrepentimiento y reparación: una oportunidad ecuménica”.

The National Council of Churches USA (NCCUSA) will confer its President’s Award for Excellence in Faithful Leadership to Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) central committee.

El Consejo Nacional de Iglesias de Cristo (NCC) en los EE. UU otorgará su premio del presidente a la excelencia en el liderazgo fiel a la Dra. Agnes Abuom, moderadora del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI).

At an informal dialogue, faith leaders gathered with representatives from governments, civil society, academia, and the United Nations to talk about financing adaptation, and loss and damage, related to climate change.

En un diálogo informal, los líderes religiosos se reunieron con representantes de los gobiernos, de la sociedad civil, del mundo académico y de las Naciones Unidas para hablar sobre la adaptación de la financiación y sobre las pérdidas y daños relacionados con el cambio climático.

During a webinar on 9 September entitled “Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination in North America,” speakers and listeners across the world explored how we define racism, and how we can create a culture of inclusive communities.

Members of Bread for the World’s Pan African Young Adult Network embarked on a pilgrimage to Jamestown, Virginia (USA) on 23-25 August to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved African peoples in 1619.

Rev. Nathan Day Wilson is a pastor with the Disciples of Christ in the United States and currently holds the position as director of communications at the Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is associate editor and columnist for the Faith and Values section of the Indianapolis Star. Wilson was a lecturer at the seminar, “Equipping each other for Christian Witness in a multi-cultural and multi-faith world”, taking place at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute from 5-15 August.

Gun violence in the United States, which over the last weekend alone took three dozen lives, continues to pose stark challenges for US churches.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is standing in solidarity with the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA and WCC member churches in the USA as they demand an end to gun violence, racist rhetoric, and white supremacy.