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Turtles, both in the Caribbean and elsewhere, are becoming increasingly confused. Their main prey of jelly fish doesn’t taste the same nowadays and is much more difficult to digest. Often, turtles die after having ingested plastic bags they thought were jelly fish.

Las tortugas, tanto en el Caribe como en otros lugares, están cada vez más confundidas. Su principal presa, las medusas, ya no saben igual que antes, y digerirlas es mucho más difícil. Con frecuencia las tortugas mueren después de haber ingerido bolsas de plástico que confundieron con medusas.

A warm welcome with cheers and high expectations awaited WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit when he touched down in Kingston earlier this week. The Jamaican capital was the first stop of a 10-day tour in the Caribbean.

Una cálida acogida con vítores y grandes expectativas aguardaba al secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, cuando aterrizó en Kingston a principios de esta semana. La capital jamaicana es la primera parada de un viaje de diez días por el Caribe.

During an open air common prayer event held in Nelson Mandela Park in Kingston, Jamaica on 4 October, women and men processed and sang, most of them dressed in black as they renewed and expanded their commitment to the Thursdays in Black campaign seeking a world free from rape and violence.

Linette Vassel has been associated with the struggle for women’s rights in the Caribbean since the 1970s. She was the first coordinator of the Committee of Women for Progress, an activist organisation formed in 1976 which was among the pioneering organisations for the struggle for maternity leave with pay for women.

Thirty years ago, the founders of the Ecumenical Decade of Churches in Solidarity with Women were searching for ways to not only help women across the globe seek justice but also highlight their contributions to churches and the world.

Hace treinta años, los creadores del Decenio Ecuménico de Solidaridad de las Iglesias con las Mujeres buscaban maneras de no solo ayudar a las mujeres del mundo entero a buscar justicia, sino también destacar sus contribuciones a las iglesias y al mundo.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit will visit Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Antigua from 29 September-9 October. Tveit will be preaching, meeting with religious leaders and visiting communities.

What have we achieved in building a just community of women and men? What must we still do? How can we strengthen ecumenical collaboration in reading the signs of our times in order to map the future direction of our work?

¿Qué hemos logrado en la construcción de una comunidad justa de mujeres y hombres? ¿Qué nos queda aún por hacer? ¿Cómo podemos intensificar la colaboración ecuménica para leer los signos de nuestro tiempo y trazar la dirección futura de nuestra labor?

A trip to Cuba in 2005 with a WCC delegation was undoubtedly a high point of German retired Bishop Rolf Koppe’s ecumenical career.

El viaje a Cuba en 2005 con una delegación del CMI fue, sin ninguna duda, un momento importante de la carrera ecuménica del obispo emérito alemán Rolf Koppe.

An international consultation will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Decade of the Churches in Solidarity with Women (1988-98), 1-6 October in Kingston, Jamaica.

Una consulta internacional conmemorará el 20° aniversario del Decenio Ecuménico de Solidaridad de las Iglesias con las Mujeres (1988-1998) del CMI del 1 al 6 de octubre en Kingston (Jamaica).

“Christ’s call for abundant life (John 10:10) means that the church must work to address the enormity of challenges, including access to water resources, care for creation, and adequate health care,” said Rev. Matthew Ross during a World Council of Churches (WCC) seminar on young people’s involvement in “Ecumenical Diakonia and Sustainable Development,” held in Matanzas, Cuba, July 15-20.

Rev. Gary Harriott knows there is a problem with violence against women and girls in Jamaica. Each year hundreds of women report having been raped and many more rapes and cases of aggression go unreported. Churches can make a difference by speaking out, he says.

El Rev. Gary Harriott sabe que hay un problema con la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas en Jamaica. Cada año, cientos de mujeres denuncian haber sido violadas, y muchos más casos de violación y agresión no se denuncian. Las iglesias pueden contribuir a cambiar la situación alzando sus voces en contra de la violencia, dice el Rev. Harriott.

The World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network (WCC-EWN) invites you to use the season of Lent to reflect on water. Since 2008, EWN has been providing weekly theological reflections and other resources on water for the seven weeks of Lent and for World Water Day on 22 March. This year, the focus is on Latin America.

La Red Ecuménica del Agua (REDA) del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) les invita a dedicar el período de Cuaresma a reflexionar sobre el agua. Desde 2008, la REDA proporciona reflexiones teológicas semanales y otros recursos relacionados con el agua para las siete semanas de Cuaresma y para el Día Mundial del Agua, que se celebra el 22 de marzo. Este año, la atención se centra en América Latina.