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The World Council of Churches (WCC) congratulated Danish Bishop Henrik Stubkjær, who was newly elected as the next Lutheran World Federation president. 

In a joint greeting to the Lutheran World Federation Assembly, gathered in Krakow, Poland from 13-19 September, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Pillay and WCC moderator Bishop Prof. Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm reflected on the assembly’s theme, “One Body, One Spirit, One Hope.”

During a European Asylum Rights Conference in Warsaw, church representatives explored ways to meet the enormous challenges ahead in receiving and protecting refugees—regardless of what they are fleeing.

Leaders from Nordic churches—including the Church of Sweden and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark—met with World Council of Churches (WCC) leadership and staff on 28 April, discussing preparations for the WCC 11th Assembly as well as directions for the next decade.

Una delegación de ACT Alianza y del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) visitó Hungría, Ucrania y Rumanía del 14 al 18 de marzo, centrándose en las necesidades humanitarias y la respuesta de las iglesias.

A delegation from ACT Alliance  and the World Council of Churches (WCC) visited Hungary, Ukraine and Romania on 14-18 March, focusing on humanitarian needs and church response.

The 5th Ecumenical Pilgrimage for Climate Justice from Poland to Glasgow crossed the English Channel from IJmuiden in the Netherlands to Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England on 11 October. They were given a warm welcome on site. 

The Migrant Network of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark has started a series of webinars about church, migration and integration. The perspective is how to grow an international church in Denmark, and the discussion also centers on the global Christian fellowship.

Church leaders from Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark signed a statement demanding that we take “human responsibility” for refugees on the border between Turkey and Greece.

Although she loves what she is doing, there are times when bishop Sofie Petersen feels a strong desire to be someplace else than inside her cosy diocesan office in Nuuk, Greenland. Preferably outdoors, inhaling crisp, arctic air in a stunningly beautiful landscape where mighty polar bears roam and huge whales gently plough their way through the ice-scattered waters along the coastline.

Aunque le encanta lo que hace, hay momentos en los que la obispa Sofie Petersen siente el fuerte deseo de estar en un lugar distinto a su acogedora oficina diocesana de Nuuk (Groenlandia). Preferiblemente al aire libre, inhalando el frío aire del Ártico ante un paisaje asombrosamente bello donde vagan imponentes osos polares y enormes ballenas se abren paso lentamente a lo largo de la costa entre las aguas cubiertas de casquetes de hielo.

As the Taizé community prepared to gather in Poland just after Christmas, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit sent prayers and encouragement on behalf of the WCC fellowship.

Mientras la comunidad de Taizé se prepara para reunirse en Polonia, justo después de Navidad, el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, le hizo llegar oraciones y aliento en nombre de la comunidad del CMI.

It is a bright and crisp Sunday morning in mid-May in Ilulissat on Greenland’s west coast, more than 300 kilometres north of the Arctic circle. As usual, the sea is scattered with glittering icebergs in different shapes and sizes. This morning, like most mornings this time of the year, new formations of frozen water, calved from the Greenland icecap at the bottom of Ilulissat Icefjord, have made their way out into the Disko Bay and shaped up right in front of Zion Church, one of Church of Greenland’s two churches in use in Ilulissat. Built in 1779, this dark-brown wooden jewel is the oldest church in the country and a natural meeting place for locals.

Es una mañana de domingo brillante y fresca de mediados de mayo en Ilulissat, en la costa oeste de Groenlandia, a más de 300 kilómetros al norte del círculo polar ártico. Como de costumbre, el mar está salpicado de brillantes icebergs de diferentes formas y tamaños. Esta mañana, como la mayoría de las mañanas en esta época del año, nuevas formaciones de agua helada, nacidas de la capa de hielo de Groenlandia en el fondo del fiordo de Ilulissat, han salido a la bahía de Disko y se han formado justo enfrente de la Iglesia de Sión, una de las dos iglesias de la Iglesia de Groenlandia en uso en Ilulissat. Construida en 1779, esta joya de madera de color marrón oscuro es la iglesia más antigua del país y un lugar de encuentro natural para los lugareños.

The International Ecumenical Fellowship (IEF) held its 45th Conference in Krakow, Poland, 22-29 July under the theme “Love of Christ Compels Us.” The gathering drew nearly 200 participants from Europe, including the Ukraine, as well as from Colombia

When he was asked last year to take over as vicar in the parish of Ilulissat, on Greenland’s west coast, Loqqi Fleischer was a bit anxious about how the transition from his smaller hometown Uummannaq, further north along the coastline, would work out. Nevertheless, he took on the challenge and was warmly welcomed right away in the new environment.