To promote strong measures against climate change, the WCC and the Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights organized a side event to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
The WCC says it is grateful that the churches of the Union of Utrecht, the Philippine Independent Church, and the Episcopal Church have embarked on a study about Globalization and Catholicity.
Filipina church emergency programme manager Minnie Anne M. Calub looks to the prophet Isaiah for inspiration in rebuilding her country after the worst recorded typhoon smote her nation of islands in November 2013.
As head of policy at Christian Aid, a key member of the ACT Alliance, Alison Kelly has an eye on sustainable development in what is seen as the prophetic voice of the church, which has a busy year in 2015.
En tant que responsable des politiques de Christian Aid, un des principaux membres de l'alliance ACT, Alison Kelly garde un œil sur les tendances clés de la voix prophétique de l'Église, pour qui l'année 2015 est chargée.
Deeply concerned for migrants in many regions, especially those “driven to undertake journeys of desperate risk and danger”, the WCC Executive Committee has declared: “All members of the international community have a moral and legal duty to save the lives of those in jeopardy at sea or in transit, regardless of their origin and status.”
Profondément inquiet pour les migrants dans de nombreuses régions du monde, en particulier ceux qui «sont motivés à entreprendre des périples désespérément risqués et dangereux», le Comité exécutif du COE a déclaré: «Tous les membres de la communauté internationale ont une obligation morale et légale de sauver la vie des personnes en danger en mer ou en transit, quels que soient leur origine ou leur statut.»
Young ecumenical leaders from Asia have met in Siam Reap, Cambodia to examine how religious traditions can offer resources to overcome religious violence in a changing Asian context.
The WCC Executive Committee discussed at their meeting 8-12 June, in Armenia, the alarming situation in South Sudan where people continue to be killed, raped, displaced and tortured. The humanitarian situation is reported to be deteriorating.
Lors de sa réunion du 8 au 13 juin 2015, le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a évoqué la situation alarmante du Soudan du Sud, dont les habitants continuent de subir massacres, viols, déplacements et torture. Tout indique que la situation humanitaire se détériore.
In a letter of consolation to the family and friends of Canon Kodwo E. Ankrah of the Church of the Province of Uganda, the WCC general secretary has expressed sympathy following the death on 29 May of “this great Pan-Africanist and ecumenist.”
Christians need a "spirituality of resistance" to face oppression, violence and experiences of defeat, the WCC general secretary said in an address at Germany’s biggest Protestant gathering.
An independent commission on international tax reform initiated by a coalition of organizations including the WCC is calling for an overhaul of the global taxation system to alleviate poverty in developing nations including the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Une commission indépendante sur la réforme de l’impôt international, créée à l’initiative d’un groupement d’organisations dont fait partie le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), appelle à une refonte du système fiscal international afin de réduire la pauvreté dans les pays en développement, notamment en République démocratique du Congo (RDC).
A major conference on peace and security in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), convened by the WCC, began on Wednesday its search for solutions to the DRC’s steepest challenges.
Organisée sous l’égide du COE, une importante conférence sur la paix et la sécurité en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) a entamé mercredi 27 mai sa recherche de solutions aux défis les plus ardus de ce vaste pays d’Afrique centrale.
As the tragic situation of conflict in South Sudan moves into its 18th month, the WCC and the South Sudan Council of Churches continue calling for an end to the senseless conflict.
Alors que le conflit tragique au Soudan du Sud entre dans son dix-huitième mois, le COE et le Conseil des Églises du Soudan du Sud continuent d’appeler à la fin de ce conflit absurde. Les droits humains sont foulés au pied à tous les échelons, non seulement sur le champ de bataille mais aussi dans les zones encore en paix. Des gens sont tués, violés et torturés. La situation humanitaire se détériore. Le Soudan du Sud, terre riche et fertile, devrait être le grenier de l’Afrique, or il dépend de l’aide étrangère.
Four weeks of negotiations on nuclear weapons came to a close on Friday 22 May, as the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ended without a formal agreement. Despite the outcome, a bright new prospect towards a world without nuclear weapons has emerged in the form of a Humanitarian Pledge, now endorsed by 107 states, which promises “to fill the legal gap for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons”.
Global health and religious leaders meeting at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva have noted the essential role faith-based organizations play in providing health services.In a consultation entitled: “The future of faith-based health care provision”, participants related some of their experiences in responding to the global Ebola crisis.