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Speaking through reflections and a sermon during an international peace gathering in Berlin, World Council of Churches moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm reflected on how people of faith can work to overcome suffering in a wounded world.

Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, spoke on a nuclear weapons-free world during “The Audacity of Peace” gathering in Berlin.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay shared reflections during a “People of Peace” gathering in Berlin.

World Council of Churches central committee moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm delivered a lecture at the Kitzingen deanery, a regional church district near Würzburg, for the parishes of the deanery as well as for the public. The lecture, entitled “Just Peace through Military Force? Peace Ethical Considerations in Light of the War of Aggression against Ukraine,” was offered on 29 April

El moderador del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, el obispo Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, ofreció el 29 de abril la conferencia titulada “¿Paz justa mediante la fuerza militar? Consideraciones éticas de la pacificación ante la guerra de agresión contra Ucrania” en el decanato de Kitzingen, distrito eclesiástico regional cercano a Würzburg, para las parroquias locales y el público general.

A new recording of a book talk from the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly is available for those who want to learn more about the publication “Journey in Servanthood: The DNA of a Confident Church.”

La 11ª Asamblea del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) publicó una nota titulada “Consecuencias de la guerra de 2020 de Nargorno-Karabaj en la que se reiteraba la condena del uso de armas químicas y municiones en racimo, los ataques dirigidos contra civiles, hospitales e infraestructuras públicas y todos los otros crímenes de guerra, decapitaciones, tortura y otras atrocidades que se han producido durante el conflicto. 

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) acaba de publicar una sesión de vídeo de la presentación del libro del obispo Olav Fykse Tveit, “Visions of Christian Unity” (Visiones de la unidad cristiana).

A video session of the launch of Bishop Olav Fykse Tveit’s book, “Visions of Christian Unity,” has been newly released by the World Council of Churches (WCC).

The World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly released a minute entitled “Consequences of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war,” in which it reiterated its condemnation of the use of chemical weapons and cluster munitions, the targeting of civilians, hospitals and public infrastructure, and all other war crimes, beheadings, torture and other atrocities witnessed during the conflict.

Reconociendo la profunda necesidad de “establecer un [...] diálogo renovado en el movimiento ecuménico”, la 11ª Asamblea del CMI publicó una declaración en la que “[a]firma enérgicamente el compromiso del CMI y sus iglesias miembros con la construcción de la paz mediante el diálogo y la cooperación interreligiosos a todos los niveles”, y llama a un cese al fuego a nivel mundial en todos los conflictos armados del mundo.

Recognizing the deep need for, “renewed dialogue within the ecumenical movement,” the WCC 11th Assembly released a statement “strongly affirming the commitment of the WCC and its member churches to peace making through inter-religious dialogue and cooperation at all levels,” and calling for a global ceasefire in all armed conflicts around the world.