Una compilación de las historias más leídas publicadas por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) revela una hermandad mundial enfocada en construir un mejor futuro, incluso en medio de los grandes desafíos a los que se enfrentó el mundo en 2021.
A compilation of the most-read stories published by the World Council of Churches (WCC) reveals a global fellowship focused on a better future even amid the grave challenges the world faced during 2021.
Women of faith who are African or of African descent held a powerful recent gathering, “Ubuntu: Remembrance, Diversity, and Advocacy in Unity Now!” in which they shared their call to action with a sense of Sankofa, or a season of now while looking back and forward. The event was organized by the Pan African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network (PAWEEN) and Pan African Women of Faith (PAW).
As many communities worldwide battle to get food to the table, a World Council of Churches (WCC) webinar titled ‘Racism, Land and Food' highlighted the intersections of food, land, and racial injustices on food sovereignty over generations of dispossessed groups.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) invites a webinar on ’Racism, Land and Food’ to explore the intersections of food, land, and racial injustices, and discern ways to overcome the impact of racial injustice and inequity on food sovereignty.
Prof. Rev. Dr Simone Sinn began serving as academic dean at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute in August. Prior to that, Dr Sinn served as vice dean and professor of Ecumenical Theology. Below, Dr Sinn shares reflections on the new role, on hopes for students and on how the Bossey Ecumenical Institute will remain a bridge builder amid the world’s serious challenges today.
Focolare students from the Montet Center of Formation and students from the Bossey Ecumenical Institute gathered to share the experience of multi-cultural community life and to pray together on 16 November.
Looking toward the 2022 assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) that will gather around the theme “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” the latest issue of the WCC journal International Review of Mission focuses on the relationship between mission and unity.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, students, WCC staff, and friends gathered on 13 November to pray and sing together in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.
El Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se reunirá de forma presencial por primera vez en dos años, del 12 al 17 de noviembre, para centrarse en los preparativos de la 11ª Asamblea del CMI –que tendrá lugar en Karlsruhe (Alemania) en 2022– y celebrar los 75 años de formación ecuménica en el Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee will meet for the first time in two years, 12-17 November, focusing on preparations for the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2022, and celebrating 75 years of ecumenical formation at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.
El “Dies Academicus” es un encuentro anual especial que tiene lugar en el Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI). La edición de este año académico tuvo lugar el pasado 4 de noviembre. El actual grupo de 33 estudiantes de 20 países distintos participó en un debate con presentaciones de cuatro ponentes que compartieron sus reflexiones sobre el tema “¿Es el racismo una cuestión religiosa?” El debate reafirmó la declaración de la 4ª Asamblea del CMI celebrada en Upsala de que el racismo es un pecado.
De la construcción de la paz a la vida espiritual, de los derechos del niño a la planificación de la 11ª Asamblea: el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) es un lugar ajetreado, tal como pudieron apreciar los estudiantes del Instituto Ecuménico Bossey del CMI durante la semana denominada “Week of Focus” que ofrece el personal del CMI.
A webinar, “Climate Justice, Food, and Faith,” on 9 November offered not only practical information on how climate change relates to food insecurity but also a call to change how we view our care for the earth and for hungry people.
From peacebuilding to spiritual life, from children’s rights to planning for the 11th Assembly, the World Council for Churches (WCC) is a busy place, as students from the WCC Bossey Ecumenical Institute learned during a “Week of Focus” offered by WCC staff.
“Dies Academicus,” is a special annual gathering at the World Council of Churches (WCC) Bossey Ecumenical institute. This academic year’s installment took place on 4 November. The current cohort of 33 students from 20 countries listened to a panel of four speakers who shared reflections on the theme, “Is racism a faith question?” The panel reaffirmed the WCC 4th Assembly held in Uppsala, which declared racism as sin.
Over 23-29 October, a Global Conference of Africa and Africans in the Diaspora (AAD) revisited the historical 1945 Manchester Pan-African Conference and critically reviewed progress made since then. Speakers and participants also worked to determine and develop effective global strategies to radically change the lot of Africans and people of African descent globally—and thereby defeat the scourge of racism in the world.
El 26 de octubre, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) y las Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas (SBU) celebraron una cumbre de liderazgo en la que intercambiaron palabras de esperanza entre los desafíos presentes que ha traído la pandemia de Covid-19 y conversaron acerca de los preparativos para la 11ª Asamblea del CMI en Karlsruhe, Alemania, en 2022.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) and United Bible Societies (UBS) held a leadership summit on 26 October, sharing words of hope amid ongoing challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and also discussing preparations for the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2022.
On 25 October, students, faculty and friends of the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Institute at Bossey marked the 75th anniversary of the “living laboratory of ecumenism,” as Bossey is affectionately called.