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The upcoming Barbados Gospelfest, set for 21-28 May, will express churches’ affirmation and celebration of persons with disabilities in musical and other creative ways.

El Consejo Nacional de Iglesias de Corea (NCCK, por sus siglas en inglés) ha publicado la “Oración de Pascua 2023 por la paz y la reunificación de la península coreana”, una celebración anual que este año reviste un significado especial al cumplirse setenta años desde el alto el fuego de la Guerra de Corea establecido por el Acuerdo de Armisticio de 1953.

The National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) has published a “2023 Easter Prayer for Peace and Reunification on the Korean Peninsula”, an annual observance which carries special significance this year, 70 years after the Korean War ceasefire established by the 1953 Armistice Agreement.

Rev. Kelli Jolly, like many Bahamians, is used to living through the possibility of multiple hurricanes, year after year. She serves as itinerant presbyter with the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas, Bahamas/Turks and Caicos Islands District, Nassau Circuit of Churches.

La Rev. Kelli Jolly, como muchos bahameños, está acostumbrada a vivir con la posibilidad de que pasen múltiples huracanes, año tras año. Trabaja como presbítera itinerante de la Iglesia Metodista en el Caribe y las Américas, en la región de Bahamas/Islas Turcas y Caicos, en el distrito de iglesias de Nassau.

A warm welcome with cheers and high expectations awaited WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit when he touched down in Kingston earlier this week. The Jamaican capital was the first stop of a 10-day tour in the Caribbean.

Una cálida acogida con vítores y grandes expectativas aguardaba al secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, cuando aterrizó en Kingston a principios de esta semana. La capital jamaicana es la primera parada de un viaje de diez días por el Caribe.

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.

As the anniversary of Korea's liberation and division draws near, churches in Korea and around the world prepare for the Sunday of Prayer on 12 August.

To promote strong measures against climate change, the WCC and the Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights organized a side event to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Christians need a "spirituality of resistance" to face oppression, violence and experiences of defeat, the WCC general secretary said in an address at Germany’s biggest Protestant gathering.

The “pilgrimage is both a way to continue working for the one ecumenical movement and a way to move forward in our times that offer new dimensions, opportunities and practices,” said the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.

"La peregrinación es a la vez una forma de seguir trabajando por el movimiento ecuménico y una manera de avanzar en un tiempo que ofrece nuevas dimensiones, oportunidades y prácticas", dijo el secretario general del CMI, pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit.

"A peregrinação é tanto uma maneira de continuar o trabalho do movimento ecumênico como uma forma de avançar em tempos que trazem novas dimensões, oportunidades e práticas", afirmou o secretário geral do CMI, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.

Drawing on the Indian churches' experience, churches around the world are celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with a particular focus on justice as integral to the unity they seek.