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En Chile, las mujeres han estado sometidas a violencia, desnudez forzada, humillación e incluso violación en el marco de las protestas sociales que tienen lugar en el país desde el pasado mes de octubre, señala Cecilia Castillo Nanjari, teóloga y abogada.

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), received former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva, at the Ecumenical Centre on 6 March, in Geneva, Switzerland.

El Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), recibió al expresidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, en el Centro Ecuménico de Ginebra (Suiza) el 6 de marzo.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has just published two new Bible studies penned by authors from Colombia. Both focus on aspects of the WCC Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace.

“It was with great sadness that we received the news of the passing of Rev. Pablo Sosa, one of the grandfathers of global ecumenical spirituality,” said Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC. The Argentinian Methodist pastor passed away on 11 January, in Buenos Aires, at the age of 85.

“Con gran tristeza recibimos la noticia del fallecimiento del Rev. Pablo Sosa, uno de los antecesores de la espiritualidad ecuménica mundial”, dijo el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, secretario general del CMI. El pastor argentino metodista falleció el 11 de enero en Buenos Aires a la edad de 85 años.

On 23-24 October, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), met the leadership of the Methodist Church of Mexico, as part of an internal process of discernment that might lead to resuming their membership in the WCC, suspended since 1994.

El 23 y 24 de octubre, el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), se reunió con los líderes de la Iglesia Metodista de México como parte de un proceso interno de discernimiento que pudiera resultar en la renovación de su membresía con el CMI, suspendida desde 1994.

As anger and protests in Chile have escalated into violence and caused 18 deaths, the World Council of Churches’ general secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, has joined other church leaders in calling for a cessation of violence and a mechanism for addressing its root causes.

The global ecumenical family is deeply saddened by the death of Elias Crisóstomo Abramides, on 21 October 2019. He was a pioneer and a vital stalwart in the faith community's ongoing struggle to stop climate change. Elias was a founding member of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Working Group on Climate Change which emerged from WCC participation in the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro that gave rise to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. He continued to be a dedicated and active member of the WCC Working Group on Climate Change, and the ecumenical work on climate change, until his death.

Helena Taliberti and Vagner Diniz, two very committed Brazilian parents with a passion for life and justice, want to feel connected to the world. “We came here because we are sure that the World Council of Churches (WCC) has a lot of connections,” they said. “The more we are together, the longer and farther we will go. Life is the most precious thing that we have.” The couple lost their children in a dam collapse in Brazil in January. WCC News met with them after a meeting with the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit in Geneva in early October.

This is the fourth in a series of interviews with Thursdays in Black ambassadors who are playing a vital role in increasing the impact of our collective call for a world without rape and violence. Larissa Aguiar Garcia, from Igreja Metodista do Brasil, is a member of the World Council of Churches (WCC) ECHOS Commission for young people.

Esta es la cuarta de una serie de entrevistas con embajadores de la campaña Jueves de negro que están desempeñando un papel crucial para aumentar el impacto de nuestro llamado colectivo a favor de un mundo sin violaciones ni violencia. Larissa Aguiar Garcia, de la Iglesia Metodista de Brasil, es miembro de ECHOS, la comisión del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) para la juventud.

As more and more people in the Philippines lose their loved ones to extrajudicial killings, and are falsely accused of crimes by the authorities, the World Council of Churches (WCC) is increasing its support and accompaniment of people fighting for human rights in the Philippines.
On 16 September, concerned colleagues and guests gathered in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva to attend an event entitled: “Defending the Sanctity of Life and Dignity of Creation: The Human Rights Situation in the Philippines”. The event gave a platform to four different speakers from victim, human rights and church perspectives.

Fires in the Amazon region must be addressed as a national and international crisis, states general secretary of the World Council of Churches Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.

Los incendios en la región amazónica deben abordarse como crisis nacionales e internacionales, declara el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit.

As igrejas do Brasil precisam trabalhar mais unidas do que nunca para enfrentar a cultura da violência e as questões ambientais do país. Esta foi a mensagem dos participantes de uma mesa redonda ecumênica sobre o Brasil convocada pelo Conselho Mundial de Igrejas (CMI) em Genebra no dia 26 de agosto.

Las iglesias de Brasil deben colaborar más estrechamente que nunca para hacer frente a la cultura de violencia y los problemas medioambientales del país. Así lo afirmaron los participantes en una mesa redonda ecuménica sobre Brasil organizada por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) el 26 de agosto en Ginebra.

Fourteen church leaders and activists from Canada, India, Indonesia, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States, embarked on a Pilgrim Team Visit to the Philippines from 9-13 August. They listened, learned and bore witness to the escalating human rights crisis in the country. The visit was convened by the World Council of Churches in partnership with the National Council of Churches in the Philippines.

The Obispo Maximo of the Philippine Independent Church, Fr. Rhee Millena Timbang, released a pastoral message on 3 August celebrating the 117th anniversary of the church.