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The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee will meet in Amman, Jordan from 17-23 November to approve the 2018 plans and budget, prepare for renewal of the WCC strategic plan, to discern the way forward for the WCC’s involvement in Palestine and Israel for justice and peace by learning more about the particular situation in Jordan and the Middle East, then discussing the challenges of the churches and the WCC response. The Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem, All Palestine and Jordan, Theophilos III, will welcome the group.

El Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se reunirá en Ammán (Jordania) del 17 al 23 de noviembre para aprobar los planes y el presupuesto 2018, para prepararse para la renovación del plan estratégico del CMI y para discernir los próximos pasos para la labor del CMI en Palestina e Israel en pro de la justicia y la paz, recibiendo más información sobre la situación particular de Jordania y Oriente Medio, y después discutiendo sobre los desafíos de las iglesias y la respuesta del CMI. El patriarca de la Ciudad Santa de Jerusalén, de toda la Palestina y de Jordania, Teófilo III, dará la bienvenida al grupo.

Together with the heads of the Coptic, Syrian, Armenian and Indian Orthodox Churches, the Evangelical Church in Germany celebrated on Saturday evening in Berlin an ecumenical prayer for Christians in the Middle East. The jointly prepared service was the highlight of a historic visit. For the first time, Pope Tawadros II, Patriarch Ignatius Afrem II, Catholicos Karekin II and Catholicos Baselios Morthoma Paulose II visited together in Germany to inform political and church representatives on the bad and sad situation in the region of origin of Christianity.

Relations between the WCC and the Centre for Interreligious Dialogue in Tehran go back more than 20 years. One recent fruit of this relationship has been the developing links between the WCC and the University of Religions and Denominations in the Iranian holy city of Qom.

Las relaciones entre el CMI y el Centro para el Diálogo Interreligioso en Teherán se remontan a más de 20 años. Uno de los frutos recientes de esta relación ha sido el desarrollo de vínculos entre el CMI y la Universidad de las Religiones y las Denominaciones en la ciudad santa iraní de Qom.

From a photo “exhibition of hope,” to worship resources, to an opportunity for people and churches to share their personal expressions of hope, the World Council of Churches (WCC) is offering an invitation and accompanying resources to celebrate the World Week of Peace in Palestine and Israel on 17-24 September.

At a meeting at the Centre for Interreligious Dialogue in Tehran, Iran on 20-23 August, delegations from the World Council of Churches and the Iranian Shia community gathered, with a sense of warmth and a willingness for deep exchange, for a bilateral dialogue.

Church must be a safe place where sinners are welcome to learn and change, and where the wounded can share their pains and find refuge, says Maria Dous, a medical student from Egypt. In July, she participated in a seminar organized by the Pan African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network at the WCC's Ecumenical Institute Bossey.

La iglesia debe ser un lugar seguro donde se acoja a los pecadores para que aprendan y cambien, donde quienes tienen heridas puedan compartir su dolor y encontrar refugio, dice María Dous, una estudiante de medicina de Egipto. En julio, María participó en un seminario organizado por la Red Ecuménica Panafricana para el Empoderamiento de las Mujeres (PAWEEN), un proyecto del Departamento de Educación Teológica Ecuménica del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), en el Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey del CMI. La siguiente entrevista forma parte de una serie que presenta la visión de algunas de las participantes

For the sake of peace, church leaders in Jerusalem are calling to maintain the historical status quo on the historical designation allowing access to al-Aqsa Mosque and its courtyard, as well as other Holy Sites in the city.

En aras de la paz, los dirigentes de iglesias de Jerusalén hacen un llamamiento a mantener el statu quo sobre la histórica designación que permite el acceso a la mezquita de Al-Aqsa y su patio, así como a otros lugares sagrados de la ciudad.

For Dr Vahid Sohrabifar from Iran’s city of Qom, attending the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Interreligious Studies at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey was inspiring due to the diversity he encountered on the course.

The World Council of Churches organised in June 2017 a pilgrimage in the Holy Land for eight young Christians from all over the world. Participants said it was a unique experience to discover biblical and spiritual places.

The Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) in Egypt is working on an advanced gender approach. In a country which is facing enormous challenges, more than ever a development agency has to be up to date on the needs of the people.

Nayla Tabbara is a Sunni Muslim scholar. Fadi Daou is a Maronite priest and theologian. Both are from Lebanon. Together they have discovered something startling about God.

Writing 100 years after the Balfour Declaration and fifty years after Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories captured in the 1967 War, the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) executive committee lamented the ongoing failure of the parties to seek just peace and remarked on “an indelible stain on the conscience of members of the international community” for their failure to resolve the situation.

Cien años después de la Declaración Balfour y cincuenta años después de la ocupación israelí de los territorios palestinos capturados en la guerra de 1967, el Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) lamentó la incapacidad permanente de las partes para lograr una paz justa y señaló que hay “una mancha indeleble en la conciencia de los miembros de la comunidad internacional” por su fracaso a la hora de resolver la situación.

Reconciliation was once primarily seen as a message of the church but is now used by secular leaders trying to establish peace in communities torn by conflict and war, the WCC president for Africa, the Rev. Mary Anne Plaatjies van Huffel, has said at a major Protestant gathering in Germany.

The WCC is calling on Christians worldwide to join in prayer for just peace in the Holy Land by taking part in a Pentecost prayer service.

El CMI invita a cristianos de todo el mundo a unirse a la oración por la paz justa en Tierra Santa participando en un culto de Pentecostés.