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"La peregrinación es a la vez una forma de seguir trabajando por el movimiento ecuménico y una manera de avanzar en un tiempo que ofrece nuevas dimensiones, oportunidades y prácticas", dijo el secretario general del CMI, pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit.

Inspired by the theme “pilgrimage of justice and peace”, the Central Committee of the WCC, a chief governing body of the Council, has set directions for the work of the Council from 2014 to 2017.

Situations of conflict, social fragmentation and political tensions in South Sudan, South Korea and Nigeria, as well as struggles of the churches in these countries seeking justice, peace and stability for all people and communities, formed the focus of a session on 3 July at the WCC Central Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.

Contextos de conflicto, fragmentación social y tensiones políticas en Sudan del Sur, Corea del Sur y Nigeria, así como las luchas de las Iglesias en estos países en la búsqueda de justicia, paz y estabilidad para los individuos y comunidades, fueron el centro de atención en una de las sesiones (3 de julio) de la Reunión del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) que se adelanta en Ginebra, Suiza.

A court sentence in Sudan ordering flogging and the death penalty for Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag has prompted an expression of “profound concern” from Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, who has urged President Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir to “prevent the implementation of this unjust and unconscionable sentence.”

La sentencia judicial que ordena en Sudán la flagelación y la pena de muerte para Meriam Yehia Ibrahim Ishag ha suscitado la expresión de la profunda preocupación del Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, secretario general del CMI, que ha instado al presidente Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir a intervenir para «evitar el cumplimiento de esta sentencia injusta e inadmisible».

Churches in the United States, including member churches of the WCC, have called on the Obama administration to open up a high-level dialogue with Cuba aimed at normalizing relations between the two countries.

In an ecumenical harvest, a spate of European and North American church bodies are entering agreements recognizing each other’s baptisms.

In his Easter reflections, the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit called this year an “opportunity for shared testimony to the Resurrection” since churches from both eastern and western traditions of Christianity will celebrate Easter on the same day, Sunday 20 April.

En sus reflexiones de Pascua, el secretario general del CMI, el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, habló de la Pascua de este año como de «una oportunidad de compartir el testimonio de la Resurrección», puesto que las iglesias de las tradiciones cristianas orientales y occidentales celebrarán la Pascua el mismo día, el domingo 20 de abril.

A communiqué adopted at a WCC consultation describes human trafficking as a “serious human rights violation” and its consequences are “most horrific results of the economic and social disparities that increase the vulnerability of millions of people”.

In an ecumenical consultation held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, called human trafficking a criminal activity, on rapid increase in the world. Ezeilo said that not a single country or entity has yet been able to stop this practice, and the magnitude of this problem is enormous.

Despite being the third largest oil producing country in sub-Saharan Africa, Equatorial Guinea reels from a poor economy, a lack of good governance and of independent and functioning state institutions.

A pesar de ser el tercer mayor productor de petróleo del África subsahariana, Guinea Ecuatorial sufre de una economía deficiente, una mala administración y una falta de instituciones estatales independientes y operativas. Sobre estas cuestiones versaron las presentaciones realizadas por defensores de los derechos humanos de Guinea Ecuatorial en un evento paralelo patrocinado por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias en la ONU en Ginebra.

Strong concerns were expressed by the WCC Executive Committee over the increasing number of internally displaced persons and the on-going conflict in South Sudan in statements adopted by the committee on 12 February, during its meeting in Bossey, Switzerland.

El Comité Ejecutivo del CMI expresó su profunda preocupación por el número en aumento de desplazados internos y por el actual conflicto en Sudan del Sur en las declaraciones aprobadas por el Comité el 12 de febrero, durante su reunión en Bossey (Suiza).

The WCC Executive Committee has condemned the use of drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles saying that they pose “serious threats to humanity” and the “right to life” while setting “dangerous precedents in inter-state relations”.

El Comité Ejecutivo del CMI ha denunciado el uso de los drones, o UAV (vehículos aéreos no tripulados), afirmando que representan una seria amenaza para la humanidad y para el derecho a la vida y sientan un peligroso precedente en las relaciones interestatales.

A three-day WCC consultation has featured diverse perspectives from Asia, Africa, Middle East and Europe on the politicization of religion and how this phenomenon contributes to discrimination and persecution of religious minorities around the world.

The WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has expressed condolences following the death of Brother Jeffrey Gros, recalling his significant contributions to Christian unity and ecumenical dialogue as a Catholic theologian.