Un seminario de un día de duración, que se celebrará el 12 de mayo en formato híbrido, ayudará a las iglesias y comunidades religiosas a responder más eficazmente a los desafíos de la degradación medioambiental y al cambio climático.
The fifth edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food, and Climate Justice, will be held 24-31 July in Crete, Greece. Convening in-person in the Orthodox Academy of Crete, Greece, the event is open to young people under 30 years of age from the Europe and North America region only.
A day-long seminar on 12 May, offered in a hybrid format, will help churches and faith-based communities respond more effectively to the challenges of environmental degradation and climate change.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) cohosted an online consultation on 12 April to address the pressing issue of the converging food and debt crises. The event invited churches, ecumenical partners, and civil society allies to come together to examine the intersections and roots of these crises, and to seek collective guidance on possible joint responses.
El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) será coanfitrión de una consulta en línea el 12 de abril para abordar el asunto urgente de las crisis convergentes alimentaria y de la deuda. El evento invita a las iglesias, a los socios ecuménicos y a aliados de la sociedad civil a reunirse para examinar las intersecciones y las raíces de estas crisis, y buscar orientación colectiva sobre posibles respuestas conjuntas.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) will cohost an online consultation on 12 April to address the pressing issue of the converging food and debt crises. The event invites churches, ecumenical partners, and civil society allies to come together to examine the intersections and roots of these crises, and to seek collective guidance on possible joint responses.
Below, Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata, World Council of Churches (WCC) director of Public Witness and Diakonia, reflects on the relevance of ecumenical diakonia and public witness today.
We mark 4 March as World Obesity Day. Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a health risk. Obesity has more than tripled since 1975, and more than 1 billion people are obese in the world today.
Words of Welcome: Rev Dr Kenneth Mtata, Incoming Director of Public Witness and Diakoina, WCC, during webinar on: "Global Crisis on Food and the crisis response: A comprehensive update and discussion"
A webinar on the global food crisis, responses, and innovations brought the voices of people from across the world in a frank assessment of what the human face of the crisis looks like—and why the world needs a fundamental shift in the way it manages food.
As a severe drought triggered a humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, churches and several humanitarian organizations there urged foreign debt suspension to enable the countries to tackle the catastrophe.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) had a pivotal place at a conference organized by the Foundation Dialogue for Peace in Geneva, drawing international speakers that would gladden the organizers of any world gathering as they interlinked trying to feed and heal people and get peace during war.
On World Food Safety Day, clerics and farmers in Kenya reflected about aflatoxin—a group of poisons found in maize and peanuts—that continue to cause deaths and related diseases in the East African country.
En una declaración pública, el Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias reiteró la necesidad de un alto el fuego en Ucrania, así como de abordar la creciente inseguridad alimentaria en todo el mundo.
In a public statement, the World Council of Churches executive committee reiterated the need for a ceasefire in Ukraine, and the need for addressing growing food insecurity worldwide.
En una reunión organizada por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias se debatió el tema de que el mundo se enfrenta a una crisis mundial de alimentos que la guerra en Ucrania ha exacerbado y traído al primer plano, pero la humanidad puede y debe tomar medidas correctivas en materia de justicia económica y climática.