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As the sun rises on Sunday 22 May Christians and churches across the world are being encouraged by the World Council of Churches (WCC) to celebrate God’s peace in their worship services, to hold a Peace Sunday dawn vigil, to plant a tree as an act of peace or to use social media to share prayers for peace with Christians around the world.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has expressed concern that the deteriorating situation in the West African country of Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire ) “is on the verge of enflaming religious conflicts.”

The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, has sent condolences to the United Nations mourning the tragic loss of United Nations staff in Afghanistan in a violent response to the burning last month of a Muslim Koran in the state of Florida, United States.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) alienta a los cristianos y las iglesias de todo el mundo a que el domingo 22 de mayo, al despuntar el día, celebren la paz de Dios en sus cultos, organicen una vigilia del amanecer, planten un árbol como símbolo de paz o utilicen los medios de comunicación social para compartir oraciones por la paz con cristianos de todos los rincones del planeta.

Two Norwegian women have been called to prominent church offices in the native land they share with the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

Por Marcelo Schneider (*)

By Marcelo Schneider (*)

As churches worldwide prepare for the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) in Jamaica in May, the latest edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) quarterly journal, Ecumenical Review, will focus on challenges of peacemaking in places as varied as the Middle East and Africa.

As recovery efforts in Japan proceed, the full impact of the earthquake and tsunami two weeks ago continues to be felt by some of the World Council of Churches (WCC) member churches there.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and church organizations on both sides of the Atlantic are urging NATO to remove all United States nuclear weapons still based in Europe and end their role in the alliance’s policy. The 200 or so nuclear weapons involved are “remnants of Cold War strategies” the ecumenical organizations say in joint letters. “NATO should rethink deterrence and security cooperation in Europe”, they say, and make good on NATO’s new commitment last year to “creating the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons”.