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El Papa Benedicto XVI saludó el domingo la Convocatoria Ecuménica Internacional por la Paz (CEIP), orando por que “todo acto de violencia sea eliminado”.

Estudiar de qué maneras las iglesias pueden responder de forma positiva al cambio climático y a la destrucción medioambiental fue el objetivo de uno de los talleres que tuvo lugar el viernes en el marco de la Convocatoria Ecuménica Internacional por la Paz (CEIP), que se celebra en Kingston, Jamaica, del 17 al 25 de mayo.

La historia comienza con Pedro. No se trata del Pedro bíblico, sino simplemente de un niño llamado Pedro que tiene algo de sobrepeso, protuberancias en la cara, y, también, es verdad, a veces no huele muy bien.

Sofía Chipana Quispe forma parte de la primera generación de su familia que ha nacido en la ciudad. Sus padres emigraron de las zonas rurales de los Andes a La Paz, Bolivia, antes de que ella naciera en 1952.

Pope Benedict XVI saluted the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) on Sunday, praying that “every act of violence is eliminated.”

More than midway through the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) in Kingston, Jamaica, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit said he believes the convocation's outcomes will both tangible and significant.

Fourteen-year old Gudiya Putul is not in Kingston, Jamaica attending the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC), but her name and history were brought to the attention of some IEPC participants Saturday during a workshop about economic injustice and human trafficking.

Realizing a peaceful reunification of Korea would not only be a gift for the Korean people but also for the people of Asia and the world as a whole. For the church, both in and outside Korea, realizing a unified Korea will also mean the church being unified in their efforts.

In war-torn or violent communities – and perhaps in so-called peaceful ones – reaching a state of just peace takes strength and courage.

When Archbishop Valentine Mokiwa visited a gold mining operation in Tanzania, he came across something he never expected to see: a world-class runway and sprawling houses with private swimming pools.

Sofía Chipana Quispe is part of the first generation of her family born in the city. Her parents migrated to La Paz, Bolivia, from the Andean mountain rural areas before she was born in 1952.

In an energetic book launch featuring Jamaican drummers and an Indian “Bollywood” dance lesson, the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF) released a new publication seeking to break the silence on sexual abuse of women by clergy within the church.

Tuvalu, a Polynesian island nation in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Australia, is home to more than 11,000 people, whose very existence, which at one time was tied to the ocean and its bounty, is now threatened by rising ocean water levels.

Durante los trabajos del segundo día de la Convocatoria Ecuménica Internacional por la Paz (IEPC) que se celebra en Kingston (Jamaica), defensores de la paz de todo el mundo narran experiencias desgarradoras de violencia y opresión, y expresan su firme esperanza de que prevalezca un movimiento de paz.

When 15-year-old Lydia* realized she was pregnant, she was forced by Jamaican law to leave her high school in Kingston. Left with no way to continue her education, she was struggling to find a way forward for herself and her baby.

As peace advocates from around the world relayed heartrending stories of violence and oppression, they also expressed their ongoing hope that a movement of peace will prevail during the proceedings of the second day of the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) being held in Kingston, Jamaica.

The International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) formally opened on Wednesday in Kingston, Jamaica, as theologians, faith leaders and the prime minister of Jamaica welcomed some 1,000 participants from more than 100 countries.

After losing his father, uncle and grandmother to violent and, in some cases, suspicious causes of death, Martin Luther King III still believes that that there is a higher and more noble way and that is to "dislike the evil act" but "still love the individual."