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Rev. Cho Yong-gi, founder of Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, died 14 September. He was 85.

Dans une lettre datée du 1ᵉʳ septembre, le secrétaire général par intérim du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, le père Ioan Sauca, a appelé le président Joe Biden à revoir sa position concernant les sanctions prononcées à l’encontre de la Corée du Nord.

In a 1 September letter to President Joe Biden, World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca appealed for reconsideration on sanctions against North Korea.

Participants in a meeting of members and partners of the Ecumenical Forum for Peace, Reunification & Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula (EFK), held online on 25 August, emphasized the need to continue to work together for peace on the Korean Peninsula even amid COVID-19 and challenging political circumstances.

The World Council of Churches invites its member churches and all people of good will to observe the annual Sunday of Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula on 15 August. Prepared by Christians from South Korea, the prayer will be held on the day celebrated as Liberation Day in both North and South Korea, marking the date in 1945 when Korea won independence from Japanese colonial oppression—yet ironically it also was the day when the peninsula was divided into two countries.

Dans une lettre du 13 juillet adressée au Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies, Diálogo Intereclesial por la Paz en Colombia (DiPaz), une plateforme interecclésiale pour la paix en Colombie, a demandé à la communauté internationale d’appeler le gouvernement colombien à reprendre la mise en œuvre de l’accord de paix et à renforcer les canaux de dialogue pour résoudre les problèmes sociétaux.

In a 13 July letter to the United Nations Security Council, the Diálogo Intereclesial por la Paz en Colombia (DiPaz), an interchurch platform for dialogue for peace in Colombia, called on the international community to urge the Colombian government to resume the full implementation of the peace agreement and strengthen channels of dialogue to resolve societal issues.

His Holiness, Moran Mor Baselios Marthoma Paulose II, Catholicos of the East and primate of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, passed away in the early hours of 12 July.  His Holiness was the 91st Catholicos of the East, and at 74 years of age, had been undergoing treatment for cancer over the past two years.

The 7th Korea-US Church Consultation was held 24 June online, bringing together Korean and US church leaders to reflect on their mission journey, to share their respective challenges, and to explore joint action plans especially vis-a-vis the new US Administration.