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Presentación del Dr. Mwai Makoka, responsable del programa de Salud y Sanación del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, en la reunión del CMI, la EKD, el Ministerio Federal de Asuntos Exteriores de Alemania y la Red Transatlántica, 13 de octubre de 2021.

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

It is my joy to extend greetings to you on behalf of the World Council of Churches.

I recall with gratitude the first meeting of the Francophone Christian Forum in Lyon 2018, where we could experience the joy and blessing expressed in the Psalm 133:1 “How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!”

Moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee Dr Agnes Abuom shared a message with the Conference of the World Council of Religious Leaders on Faith and Diplomacy: Generations in Dialogue, being held 4-7 October in Lindau, Germany.

An Ecumenical Call: High Time for ‘Peace and Accountability’ in South Sudan by the Ecumenical Network on South Sudan (ENSS) Europe and North America Hub on the occasion of the International Peace Day, 21st September 2021

Este manifiesto es el resultado del simposio “La comunicación para la justicia social en la era digital”, celebrado del 13 al 15 de septiembre de 2021.

“Justicia social en nuestra era digital: un objetivo ecuménico” en el simposio sobre comunicación para la justicia social en la era digital, 15 de septiembre de 2021.

“Social Justice in Our Digital Age: An Ecumenical Aim”, message of Dr Agnes Abuom, WCC Central Committee moderator at the international symposium “Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age”, 15 September 2021

This Manifesto is the outcome of a symposium on “Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age,” held from 13 to 15 September 2021.

"Is Christian Ecumenism a Model? – Three answers", message of Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, World Council of Churches acting general secretary at the G20 Interfaith Forum in Bologna, Italy, 12-14 September 2021

Speech by the WCC Acting General Secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca.

The World Council of Churches invites its member churches around the world, and all people of faith, to pray for the people of Afghanistan. 

As religious actors and networks of faith-based organisations, who work for the achievement of the Beijing Platform for Action and support the Action Coalitions, we welcome the Generation Equality Forum. We take this opportunity to speak out about our role and recommendations to the UN and its Member States, to the leaders and fellow commitment-makers of the Action Coalitions and the WPS-Humanitarian Action Compact, and to our civil society colleagues.

Recently during the PJP harvest gathering meeting of WCC, at a workshop on revisiting the Seven Weeks for Water – Lenten campaign of the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network, Dr Agnes Abuom was asked to reflect on the linkage between the WCC’s water justice campaign and the WCC’s overarching theme of Pilgrimage of  Justice and Peace? Having attended several PJP meetings and Lenten campaigns herself, she responded in a pre-recorded video message. The following is the transcript of her video message.

Opening address of Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee on 23 June, 2021.

En un discurso de apertura en el Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias pronunciado el 23 de junio, la moderadora, Dra. Agnes Abuom, ofreció una visión de cómo está afrontando la iglesia mundial el impacto de la COVID-19.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca shared greetings with the Council Meeting of the Lutheran World Federation.

Farewell greetings to Rev. Dr. Cornelia Fullkrug-Weitzel by Dr Agnes Abuom.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca shared cordial greetings to Buddhist friends across the world observing the festival of Vesak. “May the values of compassion, loving kindness, empathy and equanimity taught by Gautama Buddha, whose birth, enlightenment and death you commemorate on this auspicious occasion, continue to inspire and guide you during this time of pandemic,” wrote Sauca. “We are living in an unprecedented time of uncertainty and widespread suffering due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Mensaje del Comité Ejecutivo del CMI, 20 de mayo de 2021.