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The Taizé religious community from the east of France is meeting over the New Year’s period in Riga, Latvia and world church leaders from many traditions have bestowed greetings of hope on its annual gathering.

He earned the title “Green Patriarch” as a religious leader addressing alarming environmental issues over at least two decades. In 2008, Time Magazine named His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as one of 100 Most Influential People in the World, for “defining environmentalism as spiritual responsibility”.

Se ha ganado el apodo de “El Patriarca verde” por ser un líder religioso preocupado por los alarmantes problemas medioambientales desde hace al menos dos decenios. En 2008, la revista Time incluyó a Su Toda Santidad el Patriarca Ecuménico Bartolomé entre las cien personas más influyentes del mundo, por “definir el ecologismo como una responsabilidad espiritual”.

How can the early founding fathers of the church inform us as Christians in the 21st century, what stands at the centre of their theology, and how can we continue to envision a future of unity in the church? The questions were numerous as scholars, students and theologians met at the Anaphora Institute near Cairo, Egypt, to explore the theme of “Saint Irenaeus and Enlightened Humanity” on 14-16 December.

Following a 6-November ceremony where recently retired Very Rev. Dr Sheilagh Kesting was “knighted”, as Dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great by Pope Francis, WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit now extends congratulations to Kesting, a long-standing colleague and ecumenist from the Church of Scotland.

Tras la ceremonia del 6 de noviembre en la que la reverendísima Dra. Sheilagh Kesting, que se ha retirado recientemente, recibió el título de Dama de la Orden de San Gregorio Magno del papa Francisco, el secretario general del CMI felicita ahora a esta antigua colega y ecumenista de la Iglesia de Escocia.

“What happens when we journey on a pilgrimage, a pilgrimage of justice and peace, with people who share our values but who may or may not accept the institution of the church? And what does it mean to be on a pilgrimage of justice and peace, when the next generation shares our concerns for justice and peace, and want to follow God, but do not share our spirituality as confined by church and by tradition?”

“¿Qué pasa cuando hacemos una peregrinación, una peregrinación de justicia y paz, con personas que comparten nuestros valores pero que pueden o no aceptar la institución de la iglesia? Y, ¿qué significado tiene estar haciendo una peregrinación de justicia y paz cuando la siguiente generación comparte nuestra preocupación por la justicia y la paz, y quiere seguir a Dios, pero no comparte nuestra idea de la espiritualidad como algo delimitado por la iglesia y la tradición?”

The six presidents of the organization Churches Together in England are encouraging all churches to pray together through an initiative called “Thy Kingdom Come.” The effort focuses on praying for Christ’s transforming love to bring hope and joy to all.

“The people of the Caribbean have a rich story to tell, one that can enrich the spiritual lives of Christians around the world,” said Fr Anthony Currer of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. That very story was shared in a heartfelt way this week at an ecumenical gathering to create the first draft of the text that will be used for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2018.

“La historia de los caribeños es muy enriquecedora y tiene mucho que aportar a la vida espiritual de los cristianos de todo el mundo”, dijo el padre Anthony Currer, del Consejo Pontificio para la Promoción de la Unidad de los Cristianos.

"We worship in different languages and cultures, yet all one in Christ. This is an immensely enriching experience,” said Dr Jude Long, principal of Nungalinya College, in Darwin, Australia, as she explored spirituality with indigenous people from across the world this week.

“Practicamos el culto en diferentes idiomas y desde diferentes culturas, pero todos somos uno en Cristo. Y esa es una experiencia muy enriquecedora”, afirmó esta semana la Dra. Jude Long, directora de la Escuela de Nungalinya, en Darwin, Territorio del Norte (Australia), al hacer un análisis de la espiritualidad junto a poblaciones indígenas de todo el mundo.

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.

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.