Burundi recently witnessed a significant event aimed at fostering inclusivity and addressing the impact of climate change on persons with disabilities. During the National Dialogue on Disability-Inclusive Climate Change Policies and Programs last week, the Friends Church in Burundi embarked on a mission to support and uplift women and girls with disabilities in Nyabihanga, Gitega Province.
After a years-long battle against proposed water-related legislation in Nigeria that had high potential for privatizing water, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Water Network in Nigeria celebrated the defeat of the proposed law, and pledged to continue to protect water as a human right.
At an Anglican Church in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, rhymes, children’s songs, and noises in a school are constant reminder of Dr Agnes Regina Murei Abuom, the global ecumenist and peacemaker who died on 31 May at age 73.
Agnes Abuom, querida dirigente ecuménica e infatigable pacificadora, ha fallecido a los setenta y tres años, en su Kenia natal, tras una breve enfermedad.
In Renk, a small South Sudanese town on the banks of the White Nile, churches are working to help thousands of people fleeing the war in the neighbouring Sudan.
En una declaración pública, el Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha pedido el cese permanente de las hostilidades en Sudán, donde la población afronta una catástrofe humanitaria tras semanas de intensos enfrentamientos entre el ejército de Sudán y las paramilitares Fuerzas de Apoyo Rápido
Following three years of severe drought, in 2018 the City of Cape Town faced an unprecedented water crisis, known as “Day Zero.” Severe water restrictions were introduced to avoid Day Zero, the day in which the city would run out of water.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, in a public statement, urged a permanent cessation of hostilities in Sudan, where people are facing a humanitarian catastrophe following weeks of intense fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
“La justicia fiscal es una cuestión de fe”, afirmó Suzanne Matale. “Por la fe, [todas las personas] tienen derecho a la vida en abundancia. Los ciudadanos tienen derecho a estar informados y a participar en las mesas de toma de decisiones que afectan a la dignidad que Dios nos ha dado”.
“Tax justice is a matter of faith,” said Suzanne Matale. “By faith, [all] are entitled to abundant life. Ordinary people have a right to know and to participate in decision-making tables that affect our own God-given dignity.”
En una carta pastoral a las iglesias y los asociados ecuménicos de Sudán, el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, transmitió sus oraciones por la paz para aliviar el sufrimiento de sus gentes.
“Hemos recibido con tristeza y alarma las recientes noticias sobre las repercusiones cada vez mayores del actual conflicto y el aumento de la inseguridad en las iglesias y comunidades religiosas del país”, escribió Pillay.
In a pastoral letter to churches and ecumenical partners in Sudan, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended prayers for peace for the suffering of the people.
“We have received with sadness and alarm recent reports of the escalating impacts of the current conflict and insecurity on the churches and religious communities of the country,” Pillay wrote.
During an ecumenical morning prayer held 15 May, the World Council of Churches (WCC) staff and partners observed the UN International Day of Living Together in Peace, holding in prayer many nations across the world facing challenges to living together in harmony.
Se intensifica el llamado mundial a orar por la República Democrática del Congo y a brindarle apoyo tras las inundaciones y deslizamientos de tierras que han causado cientos de muertos en Kivu del Sur, provincia oriental del país.
A global call for prayers and support for the Democratic Republic of Congo has amplified as floods and landslides left hundreds of people dead in South Kivu, a province in the east of the country.
Los líderes religiosos de Ruanda están de luto por la muerte de 130 personas tras las inundaciones masivas que asolaron varios distritos de este pequeño país de África Oriental.
En una carta pastoral dirigida a las iglesias de Sudán del Sur y a Ayuda de la Iglesia Noruega, el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, expresó su conmoción y tristeza por la noticia del ataque contra vehículos de Ayuda de la Iglesia Noruega en Imehejek, Lopa Lafon, en la región de Ecuatoria Oriental de Sudán del Sur.
In a pastoral letter to the churches of South Sudan and to Norwegian Church Aid, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed shock and sadness about the news of an attack on Norwegian Church Aid vehicles in Imehejek, Lopa Lafon, in the Eastern Equatoria region of South Sudan.