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In a statement issued just after the verdict finding former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd, Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, reflected that no verdict can erase the pain of the Floyd family.

A House panel in the United States Congress advanced a decades-long effort to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves by approving legislation, commonly referred to as H.R. 40, on 15 April that would create a commission to study the issue. The “40” refers to the failed government effort to provide 40 acres (16 hectares) of land to newly freed slaves as the Civil War drew to a close.

It's the first time the House Judiciary Committee has acted on the legislation.

Speaking during a webinar hosted by the United Church of Christ, panelists from the World Council of Churches (WCC) underscored the importance of churches’ involvement in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In the wake of rising anti-Asian violence and hate speech in the USA, religious leaders and ecumenical coalitions in the nation are calling for an end to the violence—and the xenophobia and discrimination that undergird it.

أعربت لجنة الكنائس المعنية بالشؤون الدولية التابعة لمجلس الكنائس العالمي في بيان شفهي خلال مجلس حقوق الإنسان عن قلقها البالغ إزاء النفاذ غير الكافي للفلسطينيين في الأراضي المحتلة إلى اللقاح ضد كوفيد-19. 

 

בהצהרה מילולית אשר ניתנה למועצה לזכויות האדם של האומות המאוחדות, וועדת הכנסיות לעניינים בינלאומיים של מועצת הכנסיות העולמית הביעה דאגה רצינית בנוגע לגישה בלתי הולמת לחיסונים נגד COVID-19 עבור פלסטינים בשטחים הכבושים.

En una declaración oral ante el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU, la Comisión de las Iglesias para Asuntos Internacionales del CMI expresó gran preocupación por el acceso inadecuado a las vacunas contra la COVID-19 para los palestinos en los territorios ocupados.

Dans une déclaration prononcée devant le Conseil des droits de l’homme des Nations Unies, la Commission des Églises pour les affaires internationales du Conseil œcuménique des Églises s’est déclarée très préoccupée par l’accès insuffisant des Palestiniens des territoires occupés aux vaccins contre la COVID-19.

In einer vor dem UN-Menschenrechtsrat verlesenen Erklärung drückte die Kommission der Kirchen für internationale Angelegenheiten des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) große Besorgnis über den unzureichenden Zugang zur COVID-19-Impfung für Palästinenserinnen und Palästinenser in den besetzten Gebieten aus.

In an oral statement delivered to the UN Human Rights Council, the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs expressed grave concern about inadequate COVID-19 vaccine access for Palestinians in the Occupied Territories.

In the month of March, the World Council of Churches is encouraging its fellowship and partners to join the Lott Carey “31 Days of Prayer for Women’s Empowerment,” which is also the 9th Anniversary Global Women’s Prayer Guide. The guide features 31 days of prayer for incarcerated women and girls around the world.

A special prayer service for those who work at the US Capitol offered an online space on 15 January in which to reflect, lament and hope for transformation in a troubled nation.

In a letter sent to World Council of Churches (WCC) member churches in the United States, WCC interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed the renewed and strengthened solidarity of the WCC amid the violence and lawlessness currently challenging the nation.

Face aux violences qui ont éclaté le 6 janvier à Washington, aux États-Unis, alors que le pays est en proie à des tensions électorales, le secrétaire général intérimaire du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le père prof. Ioan Sauca, s’est dit «profondément et vivement préoccupé» par les récents événements.

Während die anhaltenden Spannungen im Zusammenhang mit der Präsidentschaftswahl in den USA am 6. Januar in Washington, DC, in Gewalt gipfelten, hat der Interims-Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Priester Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, seine „große und zunehmende Besorgnis“ über die jüngsten Entwicklungen dort zum Ausdruck gebracht.

Ante el aumento de la violencia en Washington D. C. el 6 de enero en medio de las tensiones vinculadas a la elección presidencial en los Estados Unidos de América, el secretario general interino del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, manifestó su “creciente y grave preocupación” ante los últimos acontecimientos.

As violence mounted in Washington, DC on 6 January amid the ongoing election-related tensions in the USA, World Council of Churches (WCC) interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed “grave and mounting concern” at the latest developments.

World Council of Churches (WCC) interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca sent a congratulatory message to Dr Audeh Quawas for being appointed by His Majesty King Abdullah II as a member of the Jordanian Senate on 26 November.