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As more people face famine today than any time in modern history, the WCC together with the All Africa Conference of Churches and a range of faith-based partners and networks invite a Global Day of Prayer to End Famine on 21 May 2017, in response to the hunger crisis.

As more people face famine today than any time in modern history, the WCC together with the All Africa Conference of Churches and a range of faith-based partners and networks invite a Global Day of Prayer to End Famine on 21 May 2017, in response to the hunger crisis.

En este momento en el que más personas hacen frente a la hambruna que en cualquier otro momento de la historia moderna, el CMI, junto con la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda el África y una amplia gama de asociados y redes religiosas, convoca un Día internacional de oración para acabar con el hambre el 21 de mayo de 2017, en respuesta a la crisis del hambre.

Andrea Müller-Frank works as the Right to Food officer at the Policy Department of the German Bread for the World. Since December 2016 she has been co-chair of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Water Network (EWN), which fights for water justice worldwide.

Andrea Müller-Frank trabaja como responsable del programa de Derecho a la alimentación del departamento de políticas de Pan Para el Mundo, servicio protestante para el desarrollo (Alemania). Desde diciembre de 2016, es vicepresidenta de la Red Ecuménica del Agua (REDA) del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, que lucha por la justicia del agua en todo el mundo.

If the worsening global inequality highlighted recently is to be tackled, world leadership must act “now”, in tangible ways, says World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, participating in the 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland this week.

Si se pretende hacer frente a la creciente desigualdad mundial que se ha puesto de relieve recientemente, los líderes mundiales deben tomar medidas 'tangibles' inmediatas, dice el Secretario General del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit. El líder del CMI participa esta semana en el Foro Económico Mundial de 2017, en Davo (Suiza), que tiene como tema: “Liderazgo responsable y receptivo”.

While meeting in Nanjing and Shanghai, China, from 17-23 November, the WCC Executive Committee issued a statement on climate justice that reiterates the urgent concerns of churches in relation to climate change, and calls on all states to fulfill the commitments of the Paris Agreement.

Mientras estaba reunido en Nankín y Shanghái (China) del 17 al 23 de noviembre, el Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias emitió una Declaración sobre la justicia climática que reitera las urgentes preocupaciones de las iglesias en relación con el cambio climático, e insta a todos los Estados a que cumplan los compromisos del Acuerdo de París.

Peasant seed systems, which have fed most of the world’s population for centuries, are endangered by the imposition of intellectual property rights and patents, says a church-backed campaign.

“Rejoice and share the sacred gift of food with all.” That’s just one of the “Ten Commandments of Food” proposed by WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit as he called upon people to change their behavior and take action in both small and large ways.

South Sudan is in crisis again. People are suffering. There is no food. The situation is very urgent, according to the latest news from church leaders in South Sudan, says Dr Nigussu Legesse, WCC programme executive for South Sudan.

With increasing violence and growing crowds of people seeking protection, urgent action and support from the ecumenical community is needed in South Sudan as the country teeters on the brink of a humanitarian crisis.

As the El Nino weather pattern challenges southern Africa, what is the role of churches in helping people realize their right to food and livelihood?

World Health Day, 7 April, is focusing this year on diabetes. The World Health Organization has released its first Global Report on Diabetes, which reveals that the number of adults living with diabetes has almost quadrupled since 1980 to 422 million, or 8.5% of the world’s adult population.

Este año, el Día Mundial de la Salud, el 7 de abril, se centra en la diabetes. La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) ha publicado su primer informe mundial sobre la diabetes, en el que se revela que el número de adultos que viven con diabetes se ha casi cuadruplicado desde 1980, ascendiendo a 422 millones, es decir el 8,5% de la población adulta mundial.

A 21 January World Economic Forum session on how food choices can become a catalyst for positive change became an opportunity for World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit to present “Ten Commandments” of food to the gathered business and political leaders.

La reunión celebrada el 21 de enero en el Foro Económico Mundial sobre la manera en que las elecciones alimentarias pueden ser catalizadoras de cambios positivos brindó la oportunidad al Secretario General del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, para presentar los “Diez mandamientos de los alimentos” ante los líderes empresariales y políticos allí reunidos.

With simple, compelling messages, leaders and friends of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance are featured in a new five-minute video offering an overview of the EAA’s work and the serious global need for advocacy related to HIV and AIDS and food security.

As the 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change came to a close in Paris, a consultation organized by the National Council of Churches in the Philippines and the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance of the WCC on 11 December in Quezon City, Philippines considered “The Right to Food and Life in the Context of Climate Change.”