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The Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, in partnership with OrthPhoto.net, is holding an international photo contest on the theme of “Hagia Sophia: The Churches of the Wisdom of God in History and in the World.”

Un singular simposio internacional, titulado “Comunicación para la justicia social en la era digital”, ofrecerá la oportunidad de explorar nuevas visiones para promover la justicia digital, el espacio público y medidas que marquen la diferencia. 

Rev. Canon Dr Emily Awino Onyango, a Kenyan woman theologian, was consecrated on 27 March as the assistant bishop of the Bondo Anglican Diocese, making her the first woman to hold such a post in the church in east-central Africa.

A one-of-a-kind international symposium—“Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age”—will offer a chance to explore new visions for digital justice, public space, and actions that will make a difference. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting the global fellowship to share online prayers, tweets, photos and other forms of social media under the hashtag #COVID19prayers for an upcoming special week of prayer from 22-27 March.

In the third in a series of webinars on bilateral dialogues, a discussion of “Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue: History, Results, Reception” as well as the Canterbury Statement “Stewards of Creation: A Hope-Filled Ecology” offered an overview of history as well as a vision for the future.

Leaders of the ecumenical movement in Africa, religious leaders, Christians, and people of good will are mourning Arthur Ndengerio Shoo, a long-serving ecumenical leader, who died on 26 February.

A 9 March webinar—the third in a series of seven on bilateral dialogues—will focus on “Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue: History, Results, Reception” as well as the Canterbury Statement “Stewards of Creation: A Hope-Filled Ecology,” a statement on ecology jointly published by the Anglican Communion and the Orthodox Churches in October 2020. 

El Comité Internacional del Foro Cristiano Mundial se reunió en línea los días 22 y 23 de febrero. Durante los debates sobre la labor y los objetivos del Foro Cristiano Mundial, los participantes –entre ellos, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias– destacaron la idoneidad de las reuniones regionales para iniciar algunos de los necesarios procesos de sanación y creación de puentes, antes de una reunión mundial más amplia; la cual, probablemente, tendrá lugar en 2024.

The Global Christian Forum International Committee convened virtually on 22-23 February. While discussing the work and focus of the Global Christian Forum, participants, including the World Council of Churches, discussed regional meetings as a good place for some of the necessary healing and bridge-building to take place before a larger global gathering, possibly in 2024.

World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca sent joyful greetings to the Gereja Masehi Injili di Halmahera 4th Annual Assembly in Indonesia, being held 18 February.

Rev. Dr Benjamin Simon became the World Council of Churches (WCC) programme executive for Church Relations in March 2020—just when the COVID-19 pandemic began to underscore the importance of bringing the WCC global fellowship together in new and creative ways.  

El Pontificio Consejo para el Diálogo Interreligioso y el CMI han publicado oficialmente las traducciones de su documento conjunto más reciente, “Al servicio de un mundo herido en solidaridad interreligiosa: un llamado cristiano a la reflexión y a la acción durante la covid-19 y más allá”.