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El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha publicado un libro del Rev. Dr. Donald W. Norwood que presenta la historia de esta red mundial de iglesias desde su creación en 1048. Pilgrimage of Faith: Introducing the World Council of Churches (Peregrinación de fe: introducción al Consejo Mundial de Iglesias) ofrece una reseña histórica dinámica e informativa de la organización, y es uno de los recursos principales para conmemorar el 70º aniversario del CMI.

‘Walking, praying and working together’ was the theme of Pope Francis’ 21 June visit to Geneva to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC). Among those listening to the Pope's words was Pentecostal pastor Rev. Frank Chikane, one of the leaders of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.

“Caminando, trabajando y orando juntos” fue el tema de la visita a Ginebra del papa Francisco, el 21 de junio, para celebrar el 70º aniversario del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI).

Relations between Catholics and Protestants at the local level in East Indonesia are not as complex as talking about dogma at higher church levels, says a pastor from the Protestant Church in Maluku.

Las relaciones entre católicos y protestantes a nivel local en Indonesia oriental no son tan complejas como el hecho de hablar sobre el dogma a niveles más altos de la iglesia, comenta una pastora de la Iglesia Protestante de Maluku.

“I will pray for you, that the Lord will accompany you at every step, particularly on the journey of ecumenism.” With these words, spoken at the close of the liturgy with 30,000 people in the convention hall of Palexpo, Pope Francis ended his daylong Ecumenical Pilgrimage to Geneva and offered a strong encouragement to the Catholic community in Switzerland to live ecumenically with the faithful of other denominations.

“Yo rezaré también por ustedes, para que el Señor les acompañe en su camino, en particular el ecuménico”. Con estas palabras, pronunciadas al final de la liturgia celebrada ante 30 000 personas en el centro de convenciones de Palexpo, el papa Francisco terminó su jornada de peregrinación ecuménica a Ginebra y alentó encarecidamente a la comunidad católica suiza a vivir ecuménicamente con los fieles de otras denominaciones.

To mark the visit of Pope Francis to the WCC on 21 June, a special online “Virtual Issue” of the WCC’s quarterly journal, The Ecumenical Review, is offering a set of articles about relationships between the WCC and the Roman Catholic Church.

Para conmemorar la visita del papa Francisco al Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) el 21 de junio, la revista trimestral del CMI, The Ecumenical Review, ofrece, en un número virtual” especial, una serie de artículos sobre las relaciones entre el CMI y la Iglesia Católica Romana.

Korea’s Christian leaders have urged Catholics to work together with the WCC to help bring peace and reconciliation to their country. Rev. Dr Sang Chang, president of WCC’s Asia region, and Rev. Dr Lee Hong-jeong, general secretary of the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) were speaking as Pope Francis visited the headquarters of the ecumenical movement in Geneva to mark the WCC’s 70th anniversary.

Pope Francis has praised the ecumenical atmosphere of his visit to Geneva to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), and has said work by churches for peace is a mandate from God in a world threatened by crises.

El papa Francisco alabó el ambiente ecuménico de su visita a Ginebra para celebrar el 70º aniversario del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), y dijo que el trabajo de las iglesias por la paz es un mandato de Dios en un mundo amenazado por las crisis.

Pope Francis and leaders of the World Council of Churches (WCC) exchanged gifts at a simple open-air ceremony in the garden of the WCC’s Ecumenical Institute at Bossey near Geneva, during the pontiff’s one-day visit to Switzerland to celebrate the WCC’s 70th anniversary.

El papa Francisco y los dirigentes del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) intercambiaron regalos en una sencilla ceremonia que tuvo lugar al aire libre, en el jardín del Instituto Ecuménico del CMI, en Bossey, cerca de Ginebra, durante la visita de un día del pontífice a Suiza, para celebrar el 70º aniversario del CMI.

When asked to talk about her story of faith, Rev. Dr Sang Chang doesn’t hesitate for a moment. The president of the Asia region of the World Council of Churches (WCC) is eager to tell how her faith has supported her career as a theologian, academic, advocate for women’s rights, and South Korea’s first female acting prime minister.

A young Samoan Methodist who had a role in the prayer service with Pope Francis during the pontiff’s visit to the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva says it is significant that young people were chosen to read prayers and messages.

La joven metodista samoana que participó en el servicio de oración con el papa Francisco durante la visita del pontífice al Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en Ginebra dice que es importante que se eligiera a gente joven para leer las oraciones y los mensajes.

Pope Francis joined the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the moderator of its Central Committee at an ecumenical meeting during his landmark 21 June visit to the WCC to celebrate its 70th anniversary at an ecumenical meeting in Geneva.

El papa Francisco se unió al secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) y a la moderadora de su Comité Central, durante su histórica visita al CMI, en Ginebra, el 21 de junio, para celebrar el 70º aniversario del Consejo con una reunión ecuménica.

Losing his hearing and speaking ability as a young man has not deterred Kenyan Karim Okiki in his wood carving, and a symbolic sculpted cross he presented to Pope Francis on his visit to the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva represents people with disabilities everywhere.
“I would like this cross to speak to Pope Francis and the churches worldwide on the need to embrace persons with disabilities especially the deaf and hard of hearing as part of the church today,” said Okiki.