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Colombia tray lunch June 2022

Colombian delegation calls upon international community to revive “vital support”

As a group of three laureates of the “National Human Rights Award in Colombia” engaged in meetings with diplomats and United Nations representatives in Geneva, a tray lunch event was organized on 8 June at the Ecumenical Centre by the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance to offer the delegation the opportunity to share about the deterioration of the peace process in the country and the importance of international solidarity.

09 June 2022
Feature story
Row of books on a shelf.

Un siglo de teología ecuménica, ahora al alcance de la mano

Los documentos de Fe y Constitución –la primera publicación digital sustancial del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias y su mayor colección gratuita– abren una nueva frontera para estudiosos, ecumenistas y cualquier persona interesada en recorrer los giros y virajes del camino hacia la unidad cristiana.

09 June 2022
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El Comité Ejecutivo del CMI insta a ofrecer apoyo y acompañamiento a las iglesias y al pueblo de Sudán”

En una declaración, el Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) afirmó su apoyo a las iglesias de Sudán en su testimonio y ministerio. La declaración acoge con satisfacción la visita de solidaridad ecuménica a Sudán, realizada conjuntamente por el CMI, la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda el África (AACC) y la Comunidad de Consejos Cristianos e Iglesias de los Grandes Lagos y el Cuerno de África (FECCLAHA), entre el 20 y el 25 de abril.

07 June 2022
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Woman walks with cattle in sandy field.

WCC executive committee urges “support and accompaniment to the churches and people of Sudan”

In a statement, the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee affirmed its support for the churches of Sudan in their witness and ministry. The statement welcomed an ecumenical solidarity visit to Sudan on 20-25 April undertaken jointly by the WCC, All Africa Conference of Churches, and Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and the Horn of Africa.

02 June 2022
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WCC delegation to Italy

WCC Pilgrim Team Visits accompany communities in Italy, Armenia, Norway

Three World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrim Team Visits, one to Italy, a second to Armenia and a third to Norway, are continuing the WCC’s accompaniment for communities in their quest for justice and peace under the theme of “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” through the lenses of post-war trauma healing, gender justice, and migration.

31 May 2022
Interview
Candlelight vigil for peace in the Korean Peninsula, part of "A Light of Peace" campaign sponsored by the World Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches of Korea December 2017, Photo: Paul Jeffrey/WCC

On Korean Peninsula, “the churches and the country need reconciliation and unity”

Rev. Dr Hyunju Bae represents the Presbyterian Church of Korea on the World Council of Churches central and executive committees and serves on the WCC Gender Advisory Group. She is a former professor of New Testament Studies at the Busan Presbyterian University, Republic of Korea, and now a co-president of the Korea Christian Environmental Movement Solidarity for Integrity of Creation.  Below, she reflects on a recent prayer vigil for peace, as well as other ecumenical activities in South Korea.

30 May 2022