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En una acción insólita, los dirigentes de las iglesias de Jerusalén cerraron el domingo las puertas de la Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro. La protesta conjunta respondía a la decisión de las autoridades de Jerusalén de empezar a recaudar decenas de millones de dólares en concepto de impuestos a las iglesias, así como a la propuesta legislativa de confiscar tierras propiedad de las iglesias.

Beginning 1 March, the World Council of Churches is encouraging its fellowship and partners to join the Lott Carey “31 Days of Prayer for Women’s Empowerment,” which is also the 6th Anniversary Global Women’s Prayer Guide.

For Dame Mary Tanner it was the challenge of the Community Study that dramatically enlarged her understanding of the unity which is God’s gift and our calling. The years of reflection on experience and envisioning the church as a community of women and men offered a chance to change.

Para la Dra. Mary Tanner, fue el reto del estudio sobre la comunidad el que amplió drásticamente su comprensión de la unidad como don de Dios y como nuestra vocación. Los años de reflexión sobre la experiencia de las mujeres y de concebir la iglesia como una comunidad de mujeres y hombres brindaron una oportunidad de cambio.

On 23 February Pope Francis has called for a worldwide day of prayer and fasting for South Sudan and The Democratic Republic of Congo; two countries plagued by conflict, unrest and famine. The call is heeded by the World Council of Churches and all are encouraged to join in the prayer.

El papa Francisco ha convocado para el 23 de febrero una jornada mundial de oración y ayuno por la paz en Sudán del Sur y la República Democrática del Congo, dos países asolados por el conflicto, el malestar y el hambre.

The WACC-SIGNIS Human Rights Award 2016 has gone to the documentary film Cahier africain directed by Heidi Specogna, who was recognized at an awards ceremony on 19 February in Berlin.

During a visit to the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva on 16 February, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby spoke on an “ecumenism of action” as he also congratulated the WCC on its 70th anniversary.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will participate in a day of prayer and fasting for South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo on 23 February. Pope Francis called for the day in response to the ongoing social-political tension and violence in the two nations.

Applications are now open for YATRA (Youth in Asia Training for Religious Amity) 2018, an inter-religious training programme of the WCC. The intensive training course, held annually since 2014, seeks to enable young Christian leaders from Asian churches to contribute towards the building up of just, harmonious and peaceable communities by equipping them for ministries of justice and peace from an inter-religious perspective.

Charlottesville in Virginia hit world headlines in 2017 during clashes between white supremacists and neo-Nazis who attacked protestors, including clergy, calling for the removal of a controversial statue.

Another step towards preventing incitement to violence that could lead to atrocity crimes was taken on Tuesday this week, when religious leaders and other actors gathered for a three-day meeting in Vienna to discuss the implementation of the Plan of Action for such prevention.

Se ha dado un nuevo paso para prevenir la incitación a la violencia que podría dar lugar a crímenes atroces el martes de esta semana cuando dirigentes religiosos y otros actores dieron comienzo a una reunión de tres días en Viena para hablar de la aplicación del Plan de Acción para esa prevención.

As the second round of South Sudan peace talks unfold in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, church leaders are urging the parties to prioritise peace to end the misery for millions trapped or ejected by the prolonged war. The talks, titled “High Level Revitalisation Forum,” which opened on 5 February are occurring at a time when international calls to end the conflict have amplified. The current civil war started in December 2013, as a dispute between the political elite in Africa’s newest nation.

Expressing solidarity with the people of Colombia and searching for clearer understanding of the country’s complex humanitarian situation, some participants of the annual meeting of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Reference Group of the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace (PJPRG) visited the regions of Valledupar, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Chocó, Cali and Cauca on 3-5 February.

Del 3 al 5 de febrero, algunos participantes de la reunión anual del Grupo de Referencia de la Peregrinación de Justicia y Paz del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) visitaron las regiones de Valledupar, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Chocó, Cali y Cauca para expresar su solidaridad con el pueblo de Colombia y comprender aún mejor la compleja situación humanitaria del país.

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.

In 2018 we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches. In order to create a lively firsthand account of the ecumenical fellowship and of our shared journey, member churches have contributed stories of people, events, achievements and even failures, all of which have deepened our collective search for Christian unity. This story was written by Olle Eriksson, a Namibian who worked for 35 years (1968 – 2003) with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia, Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission and Lutheran World Federation.

Las minorías blancas gobernaron tres países del sur de África durante muchos años, incluso después de que la mayoría de las antiguas colonias de África lograran la independencia. Veinte o treinta años de guerras amargas y sangrientas precedieron a la independencia de Zimbabwe (antes Rodesia) en 1980 y de Namibia (antes África Sudoccidental) en 1990, y al gobierno de la mayoría en Sudáfrica en 1994.