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No time has been wasted since May last year when the 14th General Assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) mandated its newly elected executive committee to reorganize CCA’ s programme structure. In October, after five months as its new general secretary, Dr Mathews George Chunakara could present a new strategic plan focused on four programme areas with clear priorities outlined.

“The vision for mission and the many ministries of the Methodists in Brazil have deep value and impact for the people,” wrote Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), in a letter to the 20th General Council of the Methodist Church in Brazil on 8 July.

The 2016 WCC Central Committee concluded its third day with an afternoon prayer service in one of Trondheim’s most beautiful churches. Built in 1715, the Bakke Church, with its remarkable architecture and artistry, is one the oldest buildings in the Bakklandet area of Trondheim.

El Comité Central del CMI concluyó su tercera jornada con un servicio vespertino de oración en una de las iglesias más bellas de Trondheim. Construida en 1715, la Iglesia Bakke, con su notable arquitectura y singularidad artística, es uno de los edificios más antiguos de la zona de Bakklandet, en Trondheim.

“Bishop Pagura was one of the pillars of Latin American and world ecumenism in the last fifty years, a faithful and courageous champion of human rights and the cause of peace in Latin America and around the globe”, wrote Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), after the passing of Bishop Emeritus Federico José Pagura, on 6 June, in Argentina.

“Pagura fue uno de los pilares de Latinoamérica y del ecumenismo mundial a lo largo de los últimos cincuenta años, un leal y valiente defensor de los derechos humanos y de la causa de la paz en Latinoamérica y en el mundo entero”, escribió el Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), después del fallecimiento del Obispo Emeritus Federico José Pagura el 6 de junio de 2016 en Argentina.

Vibrant opening worship held at Luyanó Presbyterian Reformed Church in Havana, Cuba marked the beginning of the executive committee meeting of the World Communion of Reformed Churches in Havana, Cuba from 7-13 May. The meeting was hosted by the Presbyterian Reformed Church in Cuba, a member church of the WCC.

El emocionante culto de apertura celebrado en la Iglesia Presbiteriana-Reformada de Luyanó, La Habana, Cuba, marcó el inicio de la reunión del comité ejecutivo de la Comunión Mundial de Iglesias Reformadas en La Habana, Cuba, del 7 al 13 de mayo. La reunión fue organizada por la Iglesia Presbiteriana-Reformada de Cuba, una iglesia miembro del CMI.

The 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 should be a profoundly ecumenical, as well as European and international celebration, according to Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, chair of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany.

La conmemoración del 500 aniversario de la Reforma en 2017 debería ser una celebración profundamente ecuménica, europea e internacional, según dijo el obispo Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, presidente del Consejo de la Iglesia Evangélica en Alemania.

Following the EU-Turkey refugee agreement, effective 20 March 2016, the Greek islands are again a changed place. Where refugees have arrived in great numbers in the past years, and where they have engaged a whole community of local, national and international aid workers and volunteers, the situation is now dramatically different.

Tras el acuerdo sobre los refugiados entre la Unión Europea (EU) y Turquía, que entró en vigor el 20 de marzo de 2016, las islas griegas vuelven a ser un lugar distinto. La situación ha cambiado de forma drástica en el lugar al que en los últimos años ha llegado un elevado número de refugiados, en quienes se ha volcado toda una comunidad de trabajadores y voluntarios humanitarios locales, griegos y extranjeros.

Leaders and other representatives of Anglican churches throughout the world have gathered from 8 through 19 April for the 16th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) in Lusaka, Zambia. Participants are celebrating good news of faithful ministries within the communion, while exploring tensions among its provinces, especially over issues of sexual ethics on which Christians disagree.

Prayers for peace in Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan were offered on 4 April in the chapel of the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. Joining in the Geneva service of common prayer were staff from ecumenical and other international organizations including the WCC and the LWF.

Amidst the current tense situation in Burundi, representatives of the World Council of Churches and the All Africa Conference of Churches have embarked on a solidarity visit to Burundi from 1 to 4 March.

En medio de la tensa situación que se vive actualmente en Burundi, varios representantes del CMI y de la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda el África han emprendido una visita solidaria a ese país del 1 al 4 de marzo.

Anglican, Roman Catholic and Methodist Churches in Aotearoa New Zealand are forming an ecumenical entity to pursue closer ties and share understandings.

The Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church will hold a joint ecumenical commemoration of the Reformation on 31 October in Lund, Sweden.

Anglican parishes in the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough in the Republic of Ireland are seeking new paths and projects for 2016 after considering the results of a survey that identified successes and concerns among laity.