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Les Églises de toute la péninsule coréenne fêteront l’année 2020 en tant qu’«année de jubilé» et, pour le 70ᵉ anniversaire de l’arrêt de la guerre de Corée, les responsables ecclésiastiques s’engagent à redoubler leurs efforts pour consolider la paix et la réunification.

On 18 November a delegation led by World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit met with the prime minister of the Republic of Korea, Lee Nak-yeon.

The National Council of Churches in Korea has presented plaques of appreciation to World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and to WCC director of international affairs Peter Prove.

Le Conseil national des Églises de Corée a offert des plaquettes d’appréciation au pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) et à M. Peter Prove, directeur des Affaires internationales du COE.

Offering a keynote speech during the 68th General Assembly of the National Council of Churches in Korea in Seoul, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit reflected on the assembly theme, “Walk the Path of the New Commandment,” based on John’s account of Jesus’ last supper with his disciples.

Le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, a prononcé un discours liminaire lors de la 68e Assemblée générale du Conseil national des Églises de Corée, à Séoul, sur le thème de l’Assemblée, «Marcher sur le chemin du nouveau commandement», basé sur le récit par Jean du dernier repas que Jésus a fait avec ses disciples.

In a sermon at the Seong Eun Methodist Church on 17 November, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit reflected on the theme of the upcoming WCC Assembly in 2021, “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.”

Dans un sermon prononcé le 17 novembre à l’Église méthodiste de Seong Eun, le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), a médité sur le thème de la prochaine Assemblée du COE en 2021: «L’amour du Christ mène le monde vers la réconciliation et l’unité».

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit is traveling to the Republic of Korea with a delegation that also includes WCC director of international affairs Peter Prove, WCC director of communication Marianne Ejdersten, and WCC programme executive Rev. Dr Jin Yang Kim.

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. Hanbeet Rhee, from the Presbyterian Church of Korea, is a member of the Ecumenical Youth Council in Korea. She is also a commissioner with the World Council of Churches (WCC) ECHOS programme, as well as a youth advisor for the WCC Central Committee.

As the Youth in Asia Training for Religious Amity opened at the Yonsei University Chapel in South Korea on 18 September, participants were already learning to live into the theme “Stewards of Hope, Seekers of Harmony.” For the first time, the training includes not only young people from Asia but from across the world, and is being co-coordinated by the World Council of Churches (WCC) Programme for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation, the Council for World Mission, and youth representatives from the ecumenical movement.

Au lancement de la formation des jeunes en Asie pour l’amitié religieuse (YATRA) le 18 septembre dans la chapelle de l’Université Yonsei, en Corée du Sud, les participant-e-s apprennent déjà à s’immerger dans le thème «intendants de l’espoir, prospecteurs d’harmonie».

C’est la première fois que la formation inclut non seulement des jeunes venus d’Asie, mais également du monde entier. Elle est coordonnée à la fois par le Programme pour le dialogue interreligieux et la jeunesse dans le mouvement œcuménique du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le Conseil pour la mission mondiale (CMM) et la Communion mondiale d’Églises réformées (CMER).

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.

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.

At the most glorious moment in her career, Rev. Prof. Dr Sang Chang discovered that society is not always friendly and that politics can be devilish. But thanks to God, she got over it. Without bitterness and even more determined in her fight for gender equality and social justice.

Alors qu’elle vivait le moment le plus glorieux de sa carrière, la pasteure Sang Chang prit conscience que la société ne rime pas toujours avec bienveillance et que la politique peut s’avérer diabolique. Mais grâce à Dieu, elle s’en est remise. Sans amertume et plus que jamais déterminée dans sa lutte pour l’égalité des sexes et la justice sociale.

Hundreds of Christians gathered this afternoon around the Statue of Peace in Seoul, Republic of Korea, in front of the Japanese embassy, to celebrate Liberation Day. They displayed photos of butterflies and flowers as a symbol of the comfort to women who were sexual slaves during the Japanese occupation.

After three intense days with deep discussions and productive sessions, the bi-annual meeting of the World Council of Churches (WCC) ECHOS Commission came to an end on Thursday. Fourteen young committee members and staff from 20 different countries all over the world had gathered in Seoul, Korea to further strengthen the WCC young peoples movement and continue the pilgrimage of justice and peace.

세계교회협의회(WCC)의 회원 교회와 협력 단체 소속의 국내외 기독 청년 80여명은 지난 토요일 1953년 정전협정 이래 한반도 분단의 상징이 된 비무장지대(DMZ)를 방문하며 한국에서 진행된 ‘정의와 평화 순례’를 이어나갔다.

Samedi, plus de 80 jeunes venus d’Églises membres et de partenaires du COE du monde entier poursuivent leur pèlerinage de justice et de paix en Corée, dans la zone démilitarisée qui divise la péninsule coréenne depuis 1953.