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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.

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.  

As Christians across the world prepare to celebrate Easter shuttered in their homes, they will still find the joy of the day and feel closer to each other, thanks to creative thinking by church leaders.

From including photos of church members within webcast worship services, to placing written greetings at doorways, Easter celebrations can still safely connect people who want to celebrate the resurrection of their common Lord.

Los cristianos del mundo entero que se preparan para celebrar la Pascua encerrados en sus hogares seguirán encontrando la alegría de este día y se sentirán más cerca de los demás gracias al pensamiento creativo de los dirigentes de las iglesias.

During a visit to the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva on 16 February, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby spoke on an “ecumenism of action” as he also congratulated the WCC on its 70th anniversary.

An ecumenical service described as “A Service to Mark the 500th anniversary of the 95 Theses and the Start of the Reformation” was held in Westminster Abbey, London, on 31 October.

The WCC has begun the process of digitally publishing its Faith and Order Papers, a set of legacy materials comprising 300 discrete publications and totaling 35,000 pages.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha empezado el proceso de publicación digital de sus Papeles de Fe y Constitución, un legado documental compuesto por 300 discretas publicaciones que suman un total de 35 000 páginas.

Following a 6-November ceremony where recently retired Very Rev. Dr Sheilagh Kesting was “knighted”, as Dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great by Pope Francis, WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit now extends congratulations to Kesting, a long-standing colleague and ecumenist from the Church of Scotland.

Tras la ceremonia del 6 de noviembre en la que la reverendísima Dra. Sheilagh Kesting, que se ha retirado recientemente, recibió el título de Dama de la Orden de San Gregorio Magno del papa Francisco, el secretario general del CMI felicita ahora a esta antigua colega y ecumenista de la Iglesia de Escocia.

“What happens when we journey on a pilgrimage, a pilgrimage of justice and peace, with people who share our values but who may or may not accept the institution of the church? And what does it mean to be on a pilgrimage of justice and peace, when the next generation shares our concerns for justice and peace, and want to follow God, but do not share our spirituality as confined by church and by tradition?”

“¿Qué pasa cuando hacemos una peregrinación, una peregrinación de justicia y paz, con personas que comparten nuestros valores pero que pueden o no aceptar la institución de la iglesia? Y, ¿qué significado tiene estar haciendo una peregrinación de justicia y paz cuando la siguiente generación comparte nuestra preocupación por la justicia y la paz, y quiere seguir a Dios, pero no comparte nuestra idea de la espiritualidad como algo delimitado por la iglesia y la tradición?”

The six presidents of the organization Churches Together in England are encouraging all churches to pray together through an initiative called “Thy Kingdom Come.” The effort focuses on praying for Christ’s transforming love to bring hope and joy to all.