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Dieciocho teólogas africanas y asiáticas emprendieron un viaje de reflexión y acción en torno al tema de “La orientación de las mujeres en el liderazgo ecuménico”, en una consulta que tuvo lugar del 20 al 22 de abril en Bangkok (Tailandia). La reunión fue organizada por el departamento de Educación Teológica Ecuménica del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) y contó con el apoyo de la Fundación para la Educación Teológica de Asia Sudoriental.

Dix-huit théologiennes venues d’Afrique et d’Asie ont entamé un processus de réflexion et d’action autour du thème du « mentorat féminin en vue de l’exercice des responsabilités au niveau œcuménique », à l’occasion d’une consultation qui s’est tenue du 20 au 22 avril à Bangkok, en Thaïlande. Cette réunion était organisée par le Département de formation théologique œcuménique du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), avec l’appui de la Fondation pour la formation théologique en Asie du Sud-Est.

Athena Peralta is dedicated to observing and encouraging people who are defending their livelihood and defending creation across the world. “There is so much injustice in this world that it is really something beautiful to learn about and be able to accompany, even in tiny ways, struggles of communities and churches,” she said.

Religious leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region met in Bangkok on 6 and 7 December to develop a regional strategy for the prevention of incitement to violence that could lead to atrocity crimes. Religious leaders and actors from thirteen countries took part in the meeting from the Bahai, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim faiths. The meeting was organised by the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect in collaboration with the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) and the World Council of Churches (WCC).

Religious leaders, scholars and representatives of faith based organizations from the Asia-Pacific region will meet on 6 and 7 December 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand, to discuss the role of religious actors in preventing and responding to incitement to violence that could lead to atrocity crimes, and develop a regional plan of action for the prevention of incitement.

Four short videos sharing challenges and examples of how churches and church leaders can make a profound difference in global efforts to end AIDS as a public health threat are now available for individual inspiration and group discussion.

Thirty-five years into the response to HIV and AIDS, it remains a disease that not only thrives on, but exploits the lines of exclusion and inequality in society. In the Philippines, where there has been an alarming increase in people testing positive for HIV, the country’s National Council of Churches recognized that more than words were needed. While dialogue and debate were important, they needed to translate into action, given the ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor in Filipino society, and a faith-based and societal milieu still dominated by a sex-negative theology.

Kerlan Fanagel’s submission to the Human Rights Council (HRC), delivered on the council’s 10th anniversary, highlighted the plight of the Lumad in Mindanao, a group of people who have been displaced from their traditional lands in the southern Philippines.

Churches are engaged at the grassroots level throughout the world in the response to HIV and AIDS, but the struggle against the disease and those stigmatized for being HIV positive needs to continue, say church leaders.

Der ÖRK-Zentralausschuss hat auf seiner Sitzung in Trondheim, Norwegen einen neuen Exekutivausschuss mit 11 neuen Mitgliedern gewählt

The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), at its meeting in Trondheim, Norway, 27 June 2016, has elected a new executive committee with 11 new members.

El Comité Central del CMI, en su reunión en Trondheim, Noruega, 27 de junio de 2016, ha elegido un nuevo comité ejecutivo, el que incluye 11 nuevos miembros.

Lors de sa session à Trondheim (Norvège), le Comité central du COE a élu un nouveau Comité exécutif comprenant 11 nouveaux membres.

The Christian Conference of Asia has condemned police brutality against farmers in Mindanao, Philippines. The CCA spoke out against “the violent response and shootings by the police on farmers in the Philippines” and expressed solidarity with the leadership of the United Methodist Church in its continuing protection of some 6,000 farmers and tribal leaders who are threatened by violence from the Philippine National Police.

As participants in a workshop on HIV offered their personal reflections, they shared how their hearts have been deepened and changed by a dialogue facilitated by the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP).

„Ich bin hierhergekommen, um mich über den Unterschied zwischen HIV und AIDS zu informieren und etwas über die Rolle von Frauen und besonders weiblichen Pastoren zu erfahren, die die Menschen in ihrer Gemeinde informieren, sie zu einem selbstbestimmten Umgang mit HIV anleiten und sie über diese Krankheit aufklären“, sagte Pastorin Mary Ann Kadile von der Vereinigten Kirche Christi in den Philippinen. Um an dem HIV-Workshop des Nationalen Kirchenrats der Philippinen (NCCP) teilnehmen zu können, nahm sie die Reise von Mindanao nach San Pablo City auf sich.

“I came here to know the difference between HIV and AIDS, and to distinguish the role of women, especially women pastors, in educating, empowering, and enlightening people in her flock about their view on HIV,” said Rev. Mary Ann Kadile, a pastor from the United Church of Christ in the Philippines. She traveled from Mindanao to San Pablo City, Laguna to participate in a workshop on HIV led by the National Council of Churches in the Philippines.

“Vine aquí para saber la diferencia entre el VIH y el SIDA, y para discernir el papel que tienen las mujeres, especialmente las pastoras, en la formación, la capacitación y la difusión de información entre las personas de sus congregaciones sobre sus perspectivas con respecto al VIH”, explicó la Rev. Mary Ann Kadile, pastora de la Iglesia Unida de Cristo en Filipinas.

«Je suis venue ici pour apprendre la différence entre le VIH et le sida et pour distinguer le rôle spécifique des femmes, en particulier des pasteures, pour éduquer, responsabiliser et éclairer leurs ouailles à propos de leur conception du VIH», déclare la pasteure Mary Ann Kadile, de l’Église unie du Christ aux Philippines. Elle a fait le voyage de Mindanao à San Pablo City, dans la province de Laguna, pour participer à un atelier sur le VIH organisé par le Conseil national des Églises aux Philippines (NCCP).

As the 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change came to a close in Paris, a consultation organized by the National Council of Churches in the Philippines and the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance of the WCC on 11 December in Quezon City, Philippines considered “The Right to Food and Life in the Context of Climate Change.”