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Brought together by the South Sudan Council of Churches, women and men are sharing the pain of many years of war and associated gender-based violence in a series of workshops in Kenya and Burundi.

In a pilgrimage of justice and peace in Burundi on 8-10 November, African women of faith met some of the world’s most pressing problems - poverty, violence and climate change - with faith, hope and action.

A consultation in Arusha, Tanzania, has issued a communique entitled “Sustainable Peace in Burundi.” The meeting, organized by the World Council of Churches and the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect, drew together Burundian religious leaders on 18-19 October.

Como resultado de una consulta celebrada en Arusha (Tanzania), se ha publicado un comunicado titulado "La paz sostenible en Burundi". La consulta, organizada por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias y la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Prevención del Genocidio y la Responsabilidad de Proteger, reunió a los líderes religiosos burundeses del 18 al 19 de octubre.

Joining efforts to explore how to move from dependency on fossil fuel to a sustainable future, faith representatives gathered at the Indonesian Pavilion at COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco on 8 November, for an event hosted by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

Delegations from the ACT Alliance, Lutheran World Federation and WCC at the United Nations climate conference in Marrakech, Morocco are jointly demanding a more rapid transition to a low-carbon economy based on clean energy in order to stem rising global temperatures.

Forty years after the Soweto uprising, leaders of churches in conflict-torn countries gathered in South Africa to study the ways of peace and reconciliation.

The African continent bears witness to the tragic consequences of the manipulation of religion to incite violence. Yet it is also the home of untold instances of the power of religious leaders and actors to exert a positive influence, said panellists at an international meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, today.

During a solidarity visit to Burundi 1-4 March, the World Council of Churches and the All Africa Conference of Churches sent a “Peace Message” urging all parties in Burundi to promote national unity, healing and reconciliation.

Durante una visita solidaria a Burundi del 1 al 4 de marzo, el CMI y la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda África enviaron un “Mensaje de paz” en el que instan a todas las partes en Burundi a promover la unidad nacional, la sanación y la reconciliación.

Amidst the current tense situation in Burundi, representatives of the World Council of Churches and the All Africa Conference of Churches have embarked on a solidarity visit to Burundi from 1 to 4 March.

En medio de la tensa situación que se vive actualmente en Burundi, varios representantes del CMI y de la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda el África han emprendido una visita solidaria a ese país del 1 al 4 de marzo.

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit commended the release of the Marrakesh Declaration on the Rights of Religious Minorities in Predominantly Muslim Majority Communities.

El Secretario General del CMI, el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, encomió la publicación de la Declaración de Marrakech sobre los derechos de la minorías religiosas en las comunidades de mayoría musulmana.

“Las mujeres con discapacidades a menudo están excluidas de la sociedad, y dejan de considerarse como personas que han recibido el don de Dios”, dijo la Rev. Micheline K. Kamba en una reciente conferencia.