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Alors que les fidèles chrétiens du monde entier se préparent à célébrer Pâques calfeutrés chez eux, il leur sera tout de même possible de puiser dans la joie pascale et de se sentir proches les uns des autres grâce à la créativité déployée par les responsables d’Églises.

In a letter to the South Sudan Council of Churches and member churches in South Sudan, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit conveyed the WCC’s great relief and gratitude to God that the long-delayed establishment of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity in South Sudan was finally achieved on 22 February.

“The church has lots of roles in removing barriers that prevent persons with disabilities from living a fulfilled life. All are created in the image of God and have equal rights. Sexual and reproductive health is one such right that should not be denied to any woman,” said Rev. Evans Onyemara, general secretary of the Christian Council of Nigeria during a training on empowering women with disabilities on sexual and reproductive health care held at Umuahia, Nigeria from 9-11 March.

Ecumenical partners in Africa convened by All Africa Conference of Churches, World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network, WCC Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiative and Advocacy, Christian Aid, and Side by Side gathered in Nairobi on World Prayer day 2020 to celebrate the achievements of women in Africa as well as to recognise men as allies. The gathering also observed the International Women’s Day under the theme #EachforEqual.

Les partenaires œcuméniques d’Afrique rassemblés par la Conférence des Églises de toute l’Afrique, le Réseau œcuménique de défense des personnes handicapées du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), les Initiatives et plaidoyer œcuméniques pour la lutte contre le VIH et le sida du COE, Christian Aid et Side by Side, se sont retrouvés à Nairobi à l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de prière 2020 pour célébrer les réalisations des femmes africaines et pour prendre acte du fait que les hommes sont des alliés. Les personnes rassemblées ont également célébré la Journée internationale des femmes dont le thème était #EachforEqual (Chacun-e pour l’égalité).

Pacific islands experience lasting impacts of the 50 years of nuclear testing and the region has become a global hotspot of climate change, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) learned in its meeting this week in Brisbane, Australia.

Alors qu’elle se réunit cette semaine à Brisbane, en Australie, la Commission des Églises pour les affaires internationales du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a été informée des conséquences durables pour les îles du Pacifique des cinquante années d’essais nucléaires dans la région, devenue l’une des zones du monde les plus sensibles aux changements climatiques.

At a seminar on African missiology held in Nairobi, Kenya on 13 February, participants gave space to theological reflections linked to the Arusha Conference.

The one-day event, “Re-visiting Arusha 2018: Highlights of African Missiology,” also created space for new reflections based on the Arusha Call to Discipleship.

Highlights of African missiology will be explored during an event to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 13 February.

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.

Christians in Africa have joined in ecumenical celebrations and prayer services to mark the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, observed worldwide from 18-25 January.

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.

Simultaneous attacks by extremist insurgents on a military base and Arbinda town in Soum province in the north of Burkina Faso resulted in the deaths of 35 civilians – almost all of them women – as well as seven soldiers. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has declared 48 hours of national mourning, and all Christmas celebrations have been cancelled.

With great sadness, the World Council of Churches (WCC) received news of the demise of Prof. Vuyani Vellem on 4 December. A member of the WCC’s Commission on Ecumenical Education and Formation, Vellem was director of the Centre for Public Theology and associate professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He also served as deputy secretary of the South Africa Council of Churches.

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.”

Dans un message adressé aux personnes rassemblées à Hampton, en Virginie (États-Unis), le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit s’est intéressé au thème: «Race, repentance et réparation: une occasion œcuménique».

The World Council of Churches (WCC) offers its congratulations to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2019. Since his election as Prime Minister in April 2018, Mr Ahmed has championed an impressive programme of positive and inspiring reform initiatives, and played a decisive role in the reconciliation of the two synods and fostered unity of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The achievement which this award particularly recognizes is his leadership in bringing an formal end to the twenty-year long fratricidal conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) transmet ses félicitations au Premier ministre éthiopien Abiy Ahmed, lauréat du prix Nobel de la paix 2019. Depuis son élection comme Premier ministre en avril 2018, M. Ahmed a pris la tête d’un impressionnant projet d’incitatives de réformes positives et stimulantes et a joué un rôle décisif dans la réconciliation des deux synodes, tout en favorisant l’unité de l’Église orthodoxe Tewahedo d’Éthiopie. Ce prix reconnaît plus particulièrement son rôle d’impulsion dans la résolution formelle du conflit fratricide qui oppose l’Éthiopie et l’Érythrée depuis vingt ans.

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.

Lors d’un dialogue informel, les leaders religieux ont rencontré des représentants des gouvernements, de la société civile, du monde universitaire et des Nations Unies pour discuter du financement de l’adaptation et des pertes et dommages liés au changement climatique.