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Inmitten einer der schlimmsten öffentlichen Gesundheitskrisen der Welt halten Christinnen und Christen in Brasilien an ihrer Tradition fest, in der Zeit vor Pfingsten die Gebetswoche für die Einheit der Christen zu feiern. Auch dieses Jahr versammeln sie sich wieder zum Gebet, jedoch ohne physische Zusammenkünfte.  

In the midst of one of the worst public health crises in the world, Christians in Brazil are upholding their tradition of celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in the lead up to Pentecost. For the second year, they will be gathering in prayer without physical gatherings though. 

The new surge in COVID-19 related hospitalizations and deaths has drastically increased the need for pastoral care almost everywhere. Brazil and Great Britain are two hard-hit countries, where the pandemic has brought existential questions on the table.  

On 18-22 March, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order Commission gathered at Faculdade Unida de Vitoria in Brazil for a consultation entitled “Towards a Global Vision of the Church”.

As the worst flooding in half a century struck the southern India state of Kerala, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit called for prayers for those affected and for those responding, and expressed his sympathy for those who have lost loved ones in the disaster.

Der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, sagte den Teilnehmenden der Dritten Globalen Versammlung des Globalen Christlichen Forums (GCF) in Bogota (Kolumbien), dass das GCF Erstaunliches für die Stärkung des gegenseitigen Vertrauens und das Finden neuer Arten der Zusammenarbeit leiste.

World Council of Churches (WCC) General Secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has told participants at the Global Christian Forum’s Third (GCF) Global Gathering in Bogota, Colombia that the GCF is remarkable in building trust among participants and opening ways for new forms of cooperation.

Im Rahmen einer Tagung der Referenzgruppe zum Pilgerweg in Bogotá, Kolumbien, vom 6. – 10. Februar besuchte eine Delegation des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) den Hauptsitz der Lateinamerikanischen Bischofskonferenz.

As part of a Pilgrimage Reference Group meeting in Bogota, Colombia from 6-10 February, a WCC delegation visited the headquarters of the Conference of Latin American Bishops (CELAM).

A small diaspora congregation of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church observed the Joint Ecumenical Sunday of the Communion of Churches in India (CCI) in Geneva on 24 January.

The Church of South India has witnessed the grand inauguration function of the Ninth Consultation of the United and Uniting Churches more than 50 years ago as India was attaining independence.

Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church interacted with the Faith and Order Commission of the WCC on 22 June during their week-long meeting at the Caraiman Monastery in the southern Carpathian Mountains of Romania.

Rev. Dr Odair Pedroso Mateus, professor of ecumenical theology at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland and acting director of the WCC Commission on Faith and Order, has been confirmed as the new Faith and Order director.