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Rev. Inácio Lemke is president of the National Council of Christian Churches of Brazil (CONIC). He is an ordained pastor of the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil. This interview is part of a series dedicated to the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

This interview with Fr Manuel Barrios Prieto, secretary general of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), is the first one in a series dedicated to the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

Mikael Stjernberg is public relations manager for the Christian Council of Sweden, which visited Malta in October to meet with churches and organizations to hear how they worked to produce the material for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and to see how they work with refugees.

Our series of interviews with Thursdays in Black ambassadors highlights those who are playing a vital role in increasing the impact of our collective call for a world without rape and violence. Jouni Hemberg is executive director of Finn Church Aid.

The visit 9-10 February 2017 to the World Council of Churches by the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, H.H. Abune Matthias, occasioned reflection on the distinctive history and traditions of that ancient church, as well as its role in Ethiopian society and in the larger ecumenical landscape. Coming to his work from a lifetime of service in the church and its monasteries and schools during an especially turbulent time, Abune Matthias was elected in 2013. The church numbers about 50 million members, including several million outside Ethiopia itself, where it accounts for about half the population. What follows is a brief interview with the Patriarch.

La visita del patriarca de la Iglesia Ortodoxa Tewahedo de Etiopía, S. S. Abune Matías, al Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) el 9 y 10 de febrero de 2017 motivó la reflexión sobre la singular historia y tradiciones de esa antigua iglesia y sobre su papel en la sociedad etíope y en el panorama ecuménico más amplio. Abune Matías fue elegido en 2013 tras una vida de servicio en la iglesia y sus monasterios y escuelas durante una época especialmente turbulenta. La iglesia cuenta con unos cincuenta millones de miembros, incluyendo a varios millones fuera de Etiopía, país donde representa aproximadamente a la mitad de la población. A continuación, les presentamos una breve entrevista con el patriarca.