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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.

The Dicastery for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue is hosting a conference in Rome on the importance of women building a culture of interreligious encounter.

En seguimiento a la decisión del Comité Ejecutivo durante su reunión de noviembre de 2021, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) publica tres vacantes para puestos directivos. Las vacantes incluyen los puestos de director/a de programa de Unidad y Misión, de director/a del programa de Testimonio Público y Diaconía y de director/a de la Comisión de Fe y Constitución del CMI.

Following the decision of the Executive Committee during its meeting of November 2021, the World Council of Churches (WCC) is posting the opening of three staff leadership positions. The openings include programme director for Unity and Mission, programme director for Public Witness and Diakonia, and director of the WCC Commission on Faith and Order.

As Norwegian Church Aid continued a digital visit with its global partners, leaders from the organization met with the World Council of Churches (WCC) to discuss creative responses to the world’s increasing needs, and the vital role of church leaders in those responses.

The Climate Sunday initiative is inviting local churches across Great Britain, Ireland and across the world to hold a climate-focused service on any Sunday before the United Nations climate change conference (COP26) begins in Glasgow on 31 October-12 November.

En una carta abierta, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) compartió sus esperanzas de paz en vísperas de la primera cumbre entre los presidentes de Estados Unidos y Rusia, que tendrá lugar en Ginebra el 16 de junio.

The World Council of Churches (WCC), with an open letter and prayer, shared its hopes for peace on the eve of the first summit between the U.S. and Russian presidents, which will take place in Geneva on 16 June.

Pronto se cumplirá un año desde que la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) declaró la propagación de la COVID-19 pandemia mundial, fecha que el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) marcará con una semana de oración, del 22 al 27 de marzo. 

With a year soon past since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the spread of COVID-19 a global pandemic, the World Council of Churches (WCC) will observe a week of prayer from 22-27 March. 

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.  

A WCC support team is online and ready to help WCC member churches as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve. The team—comprised of experts in different facets of faith-related pandemic response—is here for you, said WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca. “These are people who can serve as a tremendous support to the WCC fellowship,” said Sauca.

In a historic joint pastoral statement released on 26 March, the World Council of Churches and Regional Ecumenical Organizations affirmed the urgency of standing together to protect life amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

En una histórica declaración pastoral conjunta publicada el 26 de marzo, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias y las organizaciones ecuménicas regionales afirman la urgencia de unirse para proteger la vida, ante la pandemia del COVID-19.

The WCC is offering member churches some resources with a human face during the COVID-19 pandemic. A team of eight resource people has been made available to consult on how churches can discern their roles during the coronavirus pandemic, how they can adapt as faith communities, and how they can connect and share with each other.

El CMI está ofreciendo a las iglesias miembros algunos recursos con rostro humano durante la pandemia del COVID-19. Se ha puesto a disposición un equipo de ocho especialistas para consultar cómo pueden las iglesias discernir sus funciones durante la pandemia del coronavirus, cómo pueden adaptarse en cuanto comunidades religiosas, y cómo pueden relacionarse entre ellas y compartir experiencias.

In a pastoral letter to WCC member churches and ecumenical partners, WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and WCC moderator Dr Agnes Abuom urged people to give highest priority to “doing whatever we can do to protect life” and “This is a time to touch each other’s hearts, by what we say, what we share, what we do – and what we do not do – to protect the life God loves so much.”