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In the Caribbean, there is an increased sense that persons with disabilities have rights and the church is strengthening the view that all are created in the image of God, said a Jamaican cleric and academic who campaigns for disability rights.

As the World Council of Churches celebrates its 75th anniversary, a series of feature stories from different regions of the world will portray ecumenism at the local level—within churches, communities, and individuals who embody the spirit of ecumenism in unique ways. The feature story below offers a glimpse of some facets of ecumenism present in the Philippines.

Church leaders in the Philippines gathered in an ecumenical memorial service in Manila on 21 September, the 50^th anniversary of the imposition of martial law, to solemnly recall people of faith who were tortured and killed during the brutal regime of president Ferdinand Marcos.

Anlässlich ihrer Zusammenkunft während der ÖRK-Zentralausschusstagung am 10. Februar haben die karibischen Mitgliedskirchen des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) einen nachdrücklich Aufruf zur Versöhnung veröffentlicht und mit der Forderung nach konkreten Maßnahmen anstelle abstrakter Ideen verbunden.

As World Council Churches (WCC) member churches from the Caribbean met during the WCC central committee on 10 February, the group issued a clear call for reconciliation as a set of actions, not just an abstract idea.