As part of a new program specifically for girls within the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America through its Ecumenical Department, a group of 13 young women participated in advocacy at the UN in conjunction with the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68).
When COVID-19 brought its dark cloud of sickness, fear, and anxiety to his corner of the UK, Rev. Harvey Richardson decided to embrace his friends with the light of prayer.
En una audiencia anual durante la Semana de Oración por la Unidad de los Cristianos, el obispo Bo-Göran Åstrand de la Iglesia Luterana Evangélica de Finlandia regaló un par de guantes al papa Francisco que describió como “un modesto obsequio para mantener calientes las manos del papa en un mundo, por lo demás, frío”.
La comunicación del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en 2023 incluyó relatos proféticos y el aumento de los canales utilizados para poner énfasis en la justicia, la reconciliación y la unidad en todo el mundo.
In an annual audience during the ongoing Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Bishop Bo-Göran Åstrand of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland gifted a pair of gloves to Pope Francis, described as “a modest gift, to warm the Pope’s hands in an otherwise cold world.”
Communication from the World Council of Churches (WCC) in 2023 involved prophetic storytelling and growing channels to highlight justice, reconciliation, and unity across the world.
The world needs a “reformation of hope and confidence,” according to the moderator of the central committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, giving the Otto Karrer lecture in Lucerne, Switzerland.
As the World Council of Churches celebrates its 75th anniversary, a series of feature stories from different regions of the world will portray ecumenism at the local level—within churches, communities, and individuals who embody the spirit of ecumenism in unique ways. The feature story below offers a glimpse of some facets of ecumenism present in Germany.
Cuando la Rev. Rita Famos empezó a participar en los programas para jóvenes de su congregación local en Berna (Suiza), a principios de los años ochenta, estaba iniciando lo que sería un compromiso de por vida con la iglesia reformada y el movimiento ecuménico.
When Rev. Rita Famos became involved in the youth programmes of her local congregation in Bern, Switzerland, back in the early 1980s, a lifelong commitment to the Reformed Church and the ecumenical movement started to evolve.
“La hospitalidad es uno de nuestros principales valores”, dijo la presidenta de la Iglesia Protestante de Suiza, Rev. Rita Famos, al dar la bienvenida a los miembros del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) a una recepción en el Centro Ecuménico el 23 de junio.
“Hospitality is one of our main values,” said president of the Protestant Church in Switzerland Rev. Rita Famos as she welcomed members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee to a reception at the Ecumenical Centre on 23 June.
Entrevista exclusiva: El secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, comparte información sobre una reciente reunión con el patriarca Cirilo, incluidos los temas tratados en la reunión, lo que el CMI aportó al diálogo y los próximos pasos.
Exclusive interview: World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay shares details on a recent meeting with Patriarch Kirill, including topics discussed at the meeting, what the WCC contributed to the dialogue, and steps forward.
El Dr. Jørgen Skov Sørensen, secretario general de la Conferencia de las Iglesias Europeas, reflexiona sobre las esperanzas puestas en la próxima Asamblea que tendrá lugar en Tallin en junio y sobre el papel que desempeñan las iglesias en el conflicto de Ucrania.
Un antiguo adagio luterano dice que ser luterano es ser ecuménico, por lo que el tema de la próxima Asamblea de la Federación Luterana Mundial (FLM) que tendrá lugar en Polonia, “Un cuerpo, un Espíritu, una esperanza”, resulta totalmente adecuado a los tiempos que vivimos.
Pastor Joachim Leberecht, from Herzogenrath/Germany, has won the international Menno Simons Sermon Award from the Center for Peace Church Theology (University of Hamburg) together with the Mennonite congregation Hamburg-Altona.
There is an old Lutheran adage that to be Lutheran is to be ecumenical, so the theme of the upcoming Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) taking place in Poland, "One Body, One Spirit, One Hope,” is seen as totally appropriate for the times.
Dr Jørgen Skov Sørensen, general secretary of the Conference of European Churches, reflects on hopes for the upcoming assembly Tallinn in June, as well as on the role churches play amid the conflict in Ukraine.
In his first address after his election on 19 April 2005, Pope Benedict XVI pledged to work for the full and visible unity of all of Christ’s followers, Dr Stephen G. Brown, editor of the World Council of Churches journal The Ecumenical Review, has recalled in an address to a symposium in Dublin.