El padre Frans Bouwen, sacerdote de la Iglesia católica que vive y trabaja por el ecumenismo en Jerusalén desde 1969, describe con crudeza la situación actual en Palestina e Israel.
Father Frans Bouwen, a priest in the Catholic church who has been living and working for ecumenism in Jerusalem since 1969, has a stark description of the situation in Palestine and Israel today.
La Iniciativa de Pascua del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) de 2024 reforzará el llamado a desprenderse de la pesada losa de la violencia, la guerra y la ocupación, el dolor y el sufrimiento, y recordará al mundo lo que es necesario para propiciar la paz, para transformar las espadas en arados.
A World Council of Churches (WCC) Easter Initiative will lift up the call to roll away the heavy stone of violence, war and occupation, pain and suffering, and to remind the world of what is needed to bring about peace, to transform swords into ploughshares.
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed solidarity with the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem, who, in a 1 March statement, condemned an attack against civilians that occurred while residents of Gaza gathered for food aid.
El Grupo Consultivo de la Oficina de Enlace en Jerusalén del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se reunió el 20 de febrero bajo la dirección del secretario general del CMI, el Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Jerusalem Liaison Office Advisory Group convened on 20 February under the leadership of WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay.
El presidente israelí, Isaac Herzog, recibió formalmente el 20 de febrero al secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, para hablar de la situación actual en Israel y Palestina, y de la guerra en Gaza.
Israeli president Isaac Herzog formally received World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay on 20 February, to discuss the current situation in Israel and Palestine, and the war in Gaza.
El secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, se reunió con el presidente palestino Mahmud Abás en Ramala, Cisjordania, el 19 de febrero, e instó a poner fin al “aparentemente interminable ciclo de violencia y sufrimiento”.
En su reunión con el jeque Azzam Khatib, director del Waqf islámico de Jerusalén, el 18 de febrero, el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, y la delegación que lo acompaña reiteraron el compromiso del CMI de mantener Jerusalén como ciudad de las tres religiones abrahámicas.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay and delegation met with Sheikh Azzam Khatib, director of Islamic Waqf in Jerusalem on 18 February, reiterating the WCC’s commitment to maintaining Jerusalem as a city of all three Abrahamic religions.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay met with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, West Bank, on 19 February, urging an end to the “seemingly endless cycle of violence and suffering.”
Las iglesias miembros, los líderes religiosos y los grupos cristianos locales en Palestina e Israel, así como el presidente palestino Mahmoud Abbas y el presidente israelí Isaac Herzog, se reunirán con el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, durante su visita a Tierra Santa que empieza el 16 de febrero.
Member churches, religious leaders and local Christian groups in Palestine and Israel—as well as Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli president Isaac Herzog—will meet with World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay as he visits the area beginning 16 February.
On the 2024 International Day of Human Fraternity, observed 5 February, special events—including the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity—focused on bridging divides and promoting a culture of peace.
The Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches (WCC) to be held in Egypt will offer participants an opportunity to gain a sense of the deep Christian spirituality of the region, according to Bishop Anba Suriel of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Six ecumenical accompaniers have returned to Palestine and Israel, resuming in-person operations for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. Ecumenical accompaniers, who were evacuated beginning of October 2023, had been continuing their support and accompaniment online.
Women and children in Gaza are bearing the heavy brunt of the ongoing war, according to reports from the United Nations, with close to a million women and girls displaced and 12,882 women and children already perished in a war that has now raged for more than 100 days.
The World Council of Churches (WCC), in partnership with CAPNI and UFUQ, is reaffirming its ongoing commitment to fostering sustainable peace through justice and inclusive citizenship in Iraq. This reaffirmation follows successful completion of a project to revise national educational curricula, promoting inclusive education and pedagogy.