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Vigilance is needed to sustain people's acceptance of one another to prevent aberrations such as the Rwanda genocide in 1994 and the Russian-Ukraine war, a UN special adviser has told a group of young Christians, Jews, and Muslims.

A woman who works with youth in Kenya—young people who once turned to heinous crimes—had a group of young Christians, Jews, and Muslims weeping tears of compassion and joy as she recounted her tough upbringing and how she helps turn those youth from crime to community.

Peace is not a given these days, an international group of young Christians, Jews, and Muslims has heard from a woman whose father survived the Holocaust as she stressed the need to talk and listen to one another.

Buscando aunar esfuerzos con aquellos comprometidos con garantizar un futuro justo y sostenible para el continente, los representantes de las iglesias miembros del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en América Latina se reunieron en el Comité Central del CMI en junio para identificar las preocupaciones comunes.

Seeking to join efforts with those committed to ensure a just and sustainable future for the continent, representatives from World Council of Churches (WCC) member churches in Latin America gathered at the WCC central committee in June to identify common concerns.

En la celebración del 75º aniversario del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) resonaron las voces de la juventud con esperanza y alegría, y algunos trasladaron mensajes a sus familias ecuménicas.

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) celebrated its 75 anniversary, the voices of young people rang out with hope, joy—and some pointed messages for their ecumenical family.

“La hospitalidad es uno de nuestros principales valores”, dijo la presidenta de la Iglesia Protestante de Suiza, Rev. Rita Famos, al dar la bienvenida a los miembros del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) a una recepción en el Centro Ecuménico el 23 de junio.

“Hospitality is one of our main values,” said president of the Protestant Church in Switzerland Rev. Rita Famos as she welcomed members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee to a reception at the Ecumenical Centre on 23 June.

Con esas palabras se describieron los sueños del tipo de mujer que una joven aspira a ser y fueron acompañadas de imágenes en movimiento sobre la participación de las mujeres en la historia del movimiento ecuménico. Este poema representado fue parte de una inspiradora reunión de mujeres del movimiento ecuménico que estaban presentes en la reunión del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) el 22 de junio.

These words described the dreams of the kind of woman a young woman aspires to be, illustrated by moving images of women’s involvement in the history of the ecumenical movement. This performance poem was just part of an inspiring meeting of the women of the ecumenical movement that were present at the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting on 22 June.

El Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) comenzó su reunión el 21 de junio con una oración común que recordó el 75º aniversario de la creación del CMI en 1948 y rememoró a las personas activas en el movimiento ecuménico que han fallecido en el último año.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee opened on 21 June with common prayer that recalled the 75th anniversary of the founding of the WCC in 1948 and remembered those active in the ecumenical movement who have died over the past year.

As churches in the southern hemisphere closed the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity on 28 May, they brought final reflections to this year’s theme of “Do good; seek justice (Isaiah 1:17).”