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How much is the mission of the church related to people with disabilities? These days we talk a lot about inclusive societies and churches. But, have we arrived there? Are our societies and churches taking seriously the problems and challenges that people with disabilities face on a daily basis? People with disabilities find themselves quite often at the margins of the societies and even of the churches.

A wave of change is blowing at the All Africa Conference of Churches, as the African ecumenical body implements a new five-year strategic plan. In an ambitious six pillar road map, the grouping of Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, and indigenous churches has unveiled completely new areas of work, as it moves to inject new energy into older programmes. At the core of the strategy is effectiveness, efficiency and reliability for the ecumenical body, which is keen to deliver on its prophetic mission.

Soplan vientos de cambio en la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda el África (AACC, por sus siglas en inglés), gracias a la implementación de un nuevo plan estratégico de cinco años en el organismo ecuménico africano.
En una ambiciosa hoja de ruta compuesta por seis pilares, la agrupación de iglesias protestantes, anglicanas, ortodoxas e indígenas ha anunciado áreas de trabajo completamente nuevas, y emprende medidas para inyectar energías renovadas en sus programas más antiguos. El núcleo de la estrategia es la eficacia, la eficiencia y la fiabilidad en el organismo ecuménico, que está decidido a cumplir con su misión profética.

The last of three capacity-building seminars on Human Resources and Church Leadership for Diakonia and Development took place in Maputo, Mozambique, 18-20 June. This most recent seminar was for Portuguese speakers in Africa, with participants coming mainly from Angola and Mozambique. The first two seminars - for French and English speakers respectively - were held in May in Cotonou, Bénin, and Nairobi, Kenya.

Christian Aid and Christian Solidarity Worldwide are among 30 global agencies demanding urgent international action to halt violence in Sudan, where women have been leading pro-change and democracy protests.

A statement from the World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee commemorated the quad-centennial of the forced transatlantic voyage of enslaved African peoples from Angola to Jamestown, Virginia (USA).

Una declaración del Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) conmemoró el IV centenario del viaje transatlántico forzoso de pueblos africanos esclavizados de Angola a Jamestown, Virginia (EE. UU.).

A seminar on human resources and leadership development for diakonia was held in the West African Republic of Bénin from 13-17 May.

Del 13 al 17 de mayo, se celebró un seminario sobre recursos humanos y desarrollo del liderazgo para la diaconía en la República de Benín (África Occidental).

When Sudanese women join the mass protests for change and reforms, demonstrators revere them as Kandakes or Candances – the queens of the ancient African Kingdoms of Kush.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) condemned an attack on a Protestant church in northern Burkina Faso, in the small town of Silgadji near Djibo, the capital of Soum province.

As Christians worldwide prepare to mark Easter weekend, South Sudanese church leaders have offered peace as a gift to the people, who have experienced great suffering and trials by violence and conflicts.

Al tiempo que los cristianos de todo el mundo se preparaban para celebrar el fin de semana de Pascua, los líderes de las iglesias de Sudán del Sur ofrecieron la paz como don a su pueblo, que ha experimentado enormes dificultades y sufrimiento por causa de los conflictos y la violencia.

An ecumenical spiritual retreat led by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Francis at the Vatican ended yesterday with Pope Francis kissing the feet of South Sudan’s political leaders. The unprecedented two-day retreat was organised in an effort to support the country’s fragile peace deal.

“The people of the Republic of Sudan deserve justice, peace, and democracy” declared Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, as large public demonstrations continue in Khartoum despite a curfew imposed by military authorities.

“El pueblo de la República de Sudán merece justicia, paz y democracia”, declaró el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, en estos momentos en los que continúan las manifestaciones públicas multitudinarias en Jartum a pesar del toque de queda impuesto por las autoridades militares.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) condemned the massacre earlier this month of 14 farmers by police officers in Canlaon City, as well as Manjuyod and Santa Catalina towns in Negros Oriental in the Philippines. The WCC also renewed its call for the government of the Philippines to end the culture of impunity and to ensure full investigation and accountability for all such killings.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) condenó el asesinato de 14 campesinos a manos de agentes de policía en las ciudades de Canlaón, Manjuyod y Santa Catalina en la región de Negro Oriental, en Filipinas, que tuvo lugar a principios de este mes. El CMI también reiteró su petición al gobierno de Filipinas de poner fin a la cultura de impunidad y garantizar una investigación completa y la rendición de cuentas por estos asesinatos.

A group of churches from Germany’s west inspired by the quest for justice and peace presented an ecumenical exhibition showing how “Peace takes a different way” at the World Council of Churches in Geneva.

Un grupo de iglesias de Alemania occidental, inspiradas por la búsqueda de justicia y paz, presentaron una exposición ecuménica en el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, en Ginebra, en la que muestran que “La paz toma un camino diferente”.