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As autumn is beginning to kick in, churches in Karlsruhe and across Germany are making headway in preparing to receive the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in 2021.

Al tiempo que comienza el otoño, las iglesias de Karlsruhe y de toda Alemania avanzan en los preparativos para recibir la Asamblea del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias en 2021.

The movie Eldorado, in which filmmaker Markus Imhoof examines the European migrant crisis and contrasts it against his boyhood experience with a post-World War II Italian refugee, has received recognition from the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) and SIGNIS, a Roman Catholic lay ecclesial movement for professionals in the communication.

The film was awarded because it highlights universal values.

The upcoming World Council of Churches (WCC) assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany, was on the agenda of a recent meeting of the Conference of European Churches in Finland. Dr Marc Witzenbacher, the local WCC assembly coordinator, talked about the organizational process of the gathering, and also invited European churches to have significant participation in the assembly.

La próxima Asamblea del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en Karlsruhe (Alemania), figuraba en el orden del día de una reciente reunión de la Conferencia de Iglesias Europeas en Finlandia. El Dr. Marc Witzenbacher, coordinador local de la Asamblea del CMI, habló sobre el proceso de organización de la reunión e invitó también a las iglesias europeas a tener una participación significativa en la Asamblea.

The WCC and the United Bible Societies are holding a two-day leadership summit in Geneva from 18-19 September.

El CMI y las Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas celebran una cumbre de dirigentes en Ginebra del 18 al 19 de septiembre.

As religions and cultures from across the globe gathered for dialogue on 15-17 September in Madrid at the Sant’ Egidio conference on “Peace with no borders,” WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit addressed the crowd, reflecting on “the simple truth" of one human family.

The Sant'Egidio community began a “Peace with no borders” conference in Madrid on 15 September, gathering religious leaders from all over the world to address each other on migration, the environment, dialogue and inclusion.

Citing an “appalling record” of failure to rescue refugees at sea, the Evangelical Church in Germany, along with other faith-based and civil society groups, are calling for better solutions.

Citando las “escalofriantes cifras” de barcos de refugiados que no han sido rescatados, la Iglesia Evangélica en Alemania, junto con otros grupos religiosos y de la sociedad civil, están pidiendo mejores soluciones.

Maltese creators of the newly available materials for the upcoming Week of Prayer for Christian Unity have focused on hospitality to the stranger as their theme, evoking the shipwrecked Apostle Paul’s statement that “They showed us unusual kindness” there (Acts 28:2).

Los creadores malteses de los nuevos recursos disponibles para la próxima Semana de Oración por la Unidad de los Cristianos han elegido la hospitalidad con los extraños como su tema central, evocando la declaración del apóstol San Pablo tras el naufragio: “Nos trataron con no poca amabilidad” (Hechos 28:2).

From 4-5 September, the three general secretaries of the Communauté d´Eglises en Mission, United Evangelical Mission, and Council for World Mission met with the director of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute, Fr Ioan Sauca, and members of the faculty.

On International Youth Day, Azeez Sadeq, who now lives in Lyon, France, shared his personal story of being an Iraqi refugee.

"Have you ever thought that one day, you can lose everything?” he asked the young people gathered with him.

That's what happened to Sadeq when he was 18 years old, when the Islamic State Organisation, also referred to as Daesh, invaded his village.

Virag Kinga Mezei is a Hungarian intern for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs. With a passion for human rights, she regularly engages in discussions while also getting training through the WCC on mechanisms that lead to the achievement of racial and social justice.

Hundreds of worshippers gathered 16th of June in the historic cathedral of the Protestant Church of Geneva to commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Joint Declaration of the Doctrine of Justification.

Cientos de fieles se reunieron el 16 de junio en la histórica catedral de la Iglesia Protestante de Ginebra para conmemorar el vigésimo aniversario de la Declaración conjunta sobre la Doctrina de la Justificación.