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As Sweden prepares for a visit from His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the Ecumenical Patriarch and Antje Jackelén, archbishop of the Church of Sweden, signed a joint editorial for Swedish media.

“The church is a global network,” reads the joint editorial. “It has a presence around the world that is almost unsurpassed by any other organisation or movement.”

The Episcopal Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Church of Sweden have signed a joint pledge related to climate justice.

The message urges action on the unprecedented negative effects of climate change. “As we observe the Season of Creation, we renew the call for our churches to work together for the sake of Earth and to build collaborations wherever possible, both with other communities of faith and with diverse agents in our civil society,” the text reads. “Now is the time for science, politics, business, culture and religion - everything that is an expression of human dignity - to address together this critical issue for our time.”

An einer gut besuchten Präsentation in Stockholm, Schweden, machte das Ökumenische Wassernetzwerk gestern Nachmittag einen Schritt vorwärts in Richtung des Ziels Nr. 6 für nachhaltige Entwicklung der Vereinten Nationen. Glaubenseinrichtungen kamen mit Verantwortlichen aus den Sektoren Wasser, Sanitärversorgung und Hygiene zusammen.

At a well-attended showcase in Stockholm, Sweden, yesterday afternoon, the Ecumenical Water Network took a step further towards achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 by bringing together faith actors with key people from the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene sector.

La Red Ecuménica del Agua dio ayer por la tarde un paso más hacia el logro del sexto Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible de las Naciones Unidas al reunir a los actores religiosos con personas clave del sector del agua, el saneamiento y la higiene en una presentación celebrada en Estocolmo (Suecia) que contó con una nutrida asistencia.

Lors d’un événement prisé et organisé hier après-midi à Stockholm, en Suède, le Réseau œcuménique de l’eau a fait un pas de plus vers la réalisation de l’objectif 6 de développement durable des Nations Unies, en rassemblant des acteurs religieux et les personnes clés du secteur Eau, assainissement et hygiène.

Rev. Henrik Grape is the coordinator of the World Council of Churches Working Group on Climate Change.

Bishop Ingeborg Midttømme, from the Church of Norway, serves at the diocese of Møre, in the northwestern part of the Scandinavian country. She is also a board member of Norwegian Church Aid. Over the past years, she has been an active participant in international events that focus on the global agenda on sustainable development, such as the United Nations annual climate conferences.

Pilgrims coming from Germany, Italy and Norway ended their journeys for climate justice on 7 December upon arrival at the St Stephen’s Church in Katowice, Poland, where the United Nations (UN) climate conference is underway. They were warmly welcomed by the delegations of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) that are attending the 24th Conference of Parties of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24).

Dr. Agnes Abuom, moderator of the WCC Central Committee, offered a speech entitled “A Clarion Christian Call to Justice and Peace: Ending Global Inequality and Climate injustice” at the Justice Conference in Oslo, Norway on 9 November.

Auch 50 Jahre nachdem sich die Vollversammlung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen in Uppsala entschlossen zum öffentlichen Engagement für wichtige Themen bekannte, ist der ÖRK nach wie vor bestrebt, Themen von öffentlichem Interesse offen anzusprechen und sich für das Gemeinwohl einzusetzen.

Fifty years after its assembly in Uppsala, Sweden, decisively turned to public engagement, the WCC still seeks to engage and address issues of public concern and the common good.

Cincuenta años después de su asamblea en Uppsala (Suecia), ahora definitivamente volcado en el compromiso público, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias sigue buscando abordar e implicarse en las cuestiones de actualidad y de interés general.

Cinquante ans après son assemblée à Uppsala (Suède), qui était résolument tournée vers l’engagement public, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) continue de s’engager et de s’atteler aux questions d’intérêt public et au bien commun.

Was hat sich zehn Jahre nach dem Beinahe-Zusammenbruch der Weltwirtschaft geändert? Nicht viel, sagt der ÖRK, und auf jeden Fall nicht genug.

Ten years after the near-collapse of the world’s economy, what has changed? Not much, says the WCC, and certainly not enough.

Diez años después del cuasicolapso de la economía mundial, ¿qué ha cambiado? No mucho, dice el CMI, y sin duda, no lo suficiente.

Dix ans après le quasi-effondrement de l’économie mondiale, qu’est-ce qui a changé? Peu de choses, constate le COE, et certainement pas assez.

Im Rahmen seiner kontinuierlichen Initiativen für ein Verbot von Atomwaffen hat der ÖRK die Petition Französisch-Polynesiens an die Vereinten Nationen öffentlich unterstützt, die Nachwirkungen der Atombombentests in dem Areal zu thematisieren.

In its continuing efforts to outlaw nuclear weapons, the WCC has issued public support for French Polynesia’s petition to the UN for redress for ongoing effects of nuclear testing there.