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“What?! You are going to the Barrio Borro? Sorry, I can’t drive you there, and no other taxi driver will do that for you. It is too dangerous to go there.” These were the reactions Frederique Seidel heard when she revealed her intention to visit the Obra Ecuménica Barrio Borro, in Uruguay.

«Quoi?! Vous allez à Barrio Borro? Pardon, mais je ne peux pas vous y conduire, et aucun autre taxi ne le fera. C’est trop dangereux d’aller là-bas.» Voilà les réactions obtenues par Frederique Seidel lorsqu’elle a fait part de son intention de se rendre à Obra Ecumenica Barrio Borro, ou au projet de soutien œcuménique (quartier de Borro) en Uruguay.

The second edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice will be held from 1-12 November 2018 in San Salvador, El Salvador. This year the Eco-School will focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. Applications are now open with a deadline of 31 August 2018.

The second edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice will be held from 1-12 November 2018 in San Salvador, El Salvador. This year the Eco-School will focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. Applications are now open with a deadline of 31 August 2018.

Whether as individual believers or as a community, it is our collective task to advocate for Christian unity, says Melanio L. Aoanan from the Philippines. A clear vision for religious and ecumenical theological education is needed that is relevant in the 21st century.

Que ce soit en tant qu'individus ou en tant que communauté, il est de notre devoir collectif de défendre l'unité des chrétiens, déclare Melanio L. Aoanan. L'éducateur philippin appelle à une vision claire de la formation œcuménique qui soit pertinente au XXIe siècle.

Dr Erlinda N. Senturias, from the Philippines, gives thanks that WCC has created safe spaces for the churches to talk about HIV and AIDS. She asks that the ecumenical movement continue to be a beacon of support for this ongoing journey of health and healing.

Mme Erlinda N. Senturias, des Philippines, exprime sa gratitude que le COE ait créé des espaces sûrs permettant aux Églises de parler du VIH et du sida. Elle espère que le mouvement œcuménique restera une lueur de soutien sur le chemin continu vers la santé et à la guérison.

The alarming number of alleged civilian casualties in Nicaragua raises “deep concern for the weakening of human rights and the fragility of the state of law”, said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit on 19 July.

As Colombia strives to pave the road to just peace, new death threats against social, union and religious leaders and institutions were issued by paramilitaries earlier this week. The World Council of Churches (WCC) is closely following the developments and reiterates its full support to those committed to working for peace in the country.

Alors que la Colombie s’efforce de se frayer un chemin vers une paix juste, des personnalités et institutions communautaires, syndicales et religieuses ont de nouveau été menacées de mort par des paramilitaires en début de semaine. Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) suit de près les dernières nouvelles et réitère son soutien inconditionnel à celles et ceux qui s’engagent pour la paix dans le pays.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has stressed that zero carbon emissions must be achieved by 2050 by the world if we are to avoid catastrophic climate impacts such severe and recurrent droughts, record-breaking storms as well as the inundation of small island states and coastal cities.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) joined the Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church (UMC) as well as United Methodist bishops in the Philippines in appealing to the government of the Philippines for assistance and cooperation in extracting three United Methodist mission personnel from the country.

Noting “the worsening human rights situation and increasing violence and impunity” in the Philippines, WCC’s central committee has expressed its alarm and outrage, pointing particularly to the role of the government there.

Notant «le contexte de dégradation des droits de la personne et de recrudescence de la violence et de l'impunité» aux Philippines, le Comité central du COE a fait part de son inquiétude et de son indignation, pointant en particulier le rôle du gouvernement dans cette situation.

Despite a signed and ratified peace agreement, the long journey of regional churches and the WCC in support of peace in Colombia is not over, says the WCC central committee, which urges churches, governments, and others to press toward fulfillment of the terms and promises of the agreement, to prevent momentum ceasing and violence resurging.

Malgré la signature et la ratification de l’accord de paix, le long chemin des Églises de la région et du COE pour soutenir la paix en Colombie n’est pas terminé, affirme le Comité central du COE, qui exhorte les Églises, les autorités et les autres parties prenantes à se dépêcher d’honorer les engagements et les promesses de cet accord afin d’éviter que l’élan ne retombe et que les violences reprennent.

You wouldn’t pay two thousand times more than the value of a cup of coffee, so why pay that for a glass of water? That’s one of the reasons why members of the World Council of Churches’s Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) are encouraging you to consider joining the “Blue Community” and to stop using bottled water in places where tap water is safely and freely available.

In writing a story for the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Elias Crisóstomo Abramides of Argentina, from the Ecumenical Patriarchate, is writing the story of his life. His service at the WCC opened for him the gate to meeting and loving “the very good Creation of God”: love, respect and admiration for the life of his neighbours and for all creation.

En partageant une histoire à l'occasion du 70e anniversaire du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), l'Argentin Elias Crisóstomo Abramides, membre du Patriarcat œcuménique, écrit l'histoire de sa vie. Son service au sein du COE a pour lui ouvert la porte à la rencontre et à l'amour de «la très belle Création de Dieu»: amour, respect et admiration pour la vie de ses prochains et pour toute la Création.