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On the 2024 International Day of Human Fraternity, observed 5 February, special events—including the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity—focused on bridging divides and promoting a culture of peace. 

El Consejo de Iglesias de Oriente Medio, con sede en Beirut (Líbano), ha convocado al grupo de redacción de la Semana de Oración por la Unidad de los Cristianos 2022. El CMI y el Vaticano han publicado ahora el material en varios idiomas.

The Middle East Council of Churches, based in Beirut, Lebanon, has been the convener for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2022 drafting group. The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Vatican have now published the material in several languages.

Rev. Fr Dr Lawrence Iwuamadi is dean of the Ecumenical Institute, the graduate school which opened its academic year this week. Below, Iwuamadi reflects on the arrival of new students at the Ecumenical Institute during this remarkable time.

Bishop Emeritus Munib Younan from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land received the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award on 24 September from the Roman Catholic Church for his interreligious peace-building efforts.

Restoring human dignity where people suffer most is the ultimate calling for churches in the Middle East and their partners worldwide, stated an annual partners meeting of the Middle East Council of Churches held in Ain el Qassis, Lebanon this week.

Restaurar la dignidad humana allí donde las personas padecen un mayor sufrimiento es la vocación fundamental de las iglesias de Oriente Medio y de sus asociados en todo el mundo, afirmó la reunión mundial de asociados del Consejo de Iglesias de Oriente Medio (MECC, por sus siglas en inglés), celebrada en Ain el Qassis (Líbano) esta semana.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit condemned an attack on a bus in Egypt carrying tourists on Friday near the Giza Pyramids, killing four Vietnamese tourists and their Egyptian guide. The blast wounded 11 other Vietnamese tourists as well as the Egyptian driver.

Respect for the other lies at the heart of peace education and was a key thread through a debate entitled “Education for Peace in a multi-religious world”. It was held on the 2018 World Human Rights Day at the United Nations Office in Geneva.

Today, as the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches began its meeting in Uppsala, Sweden, we received news of another attack against our Coptic Christian sisters and brothers in Egypt.

Hoy, cuando el Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias comenzaba su reunión en Uppsala (Suecia), recibimos la noticia sobre otro ataque contra nuestras hermanas y hermanos cristianos coptos en Egipto.

Each year students from all over the world arrive at Bossey near Geneva for a three-month language training course to pave their way for ecumenical studies that follow on straight after. “The title captures the goal of the course,” says Father Lawrence Iwuamadi, the Nigerian priest who studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and is academic dean of the Ecumenical Institute.

Bishop Emeritus Munib Younan from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land accepted a “Building Bridges of Understanding” award on 12 September at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The award is organized by the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.

Marie Bassili Assaad, an ecumenical leader who was WCC deputy general secretary from 1980 to 1986, passed away on 30 August, at the age of 96. Her funeral took place in Egypt on 2 September.

Marie Bassili Assaad, una dirigente ecuménica que fue secretaria general adjunta del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) de 1980 a 1986, falleció el 30 de agosto a los 96 años de edad. Su funeral tuvo lugar en Egipto el 2 de septiembre.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit addressed the status of Jerusalem at the international "World Conference in Support of Jerusalem" on 17-18 January in Cairo, Egypt, organized by the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Sheikh al-Tayyib, under the auspices of President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.

El secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, habló sobre el estatus de Jerusalén en la “Conferencia Mundial en apoyo a Jerusalén”, organizada los días 17 y 18 de enero en El Cairo (Egipto) por el Gran Imán de Al-Azhar, Sheikh al-Tayyib, bajo los auspicios del presidente Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.

The WCC Executive Committee met in Amman, Jordan from 17-23 November to approve the 2018 plan and budget and prepare for renewal of the WCC strategic plan. The Executive Committee also discerned the way forward for the WCC’s involvement in Palestine and Israel 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, welcomed the group.

El Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se reunió en Ammán (Jordania) del 17 al 23 de noviembre para aprobar los planes y el presupuesto de 2018 y prepararse para renovar el plan estratégico del CMI. Asimismo, trazó el camino a seguir en la labor del CMI en Palestina e Israel, conociendo más de cerca la situación concreta en Jordania y Oriente Medio, y examinando las dificultades de las iglesias y la respuesta del CMI. El Patriarca de la Ciudad Santa de Jerusalén, toda Palestina y Jordania, Teófilo III, dio la bienvenida al grupo.

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit condemned an attack at a mosque in Egypt during which hundreds of people are believed dead. Tveit expressed sorrow for the lives lost as news continued to unfold of the attack on 24 November.