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Dans une déclaration publiée le 11 avril, le Patriarcat orthodoxe de Jérusalem a fait part de ses vives inquiétudes quant aux restrictions policières annoncées pour le samedi de la sainte Lumière. Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a réagi à cette déclaration en condamnant fermement les mesures qui limitent l’accès aux lieux de culte, les qualifiant d’atteintes à la liberté religieuse en Terre Sainte.

Following an 11 April statement of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem expressing grave concerns over announced police restrictions on Holy Fire Saturday, the World Council of Churches (WCC) strongly condemned such measures restricting access to places of worship as violations of religious freedom in the Holy Land.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC) met formally on 25-27 June in Paris, under the theme “The normalization of hatred: challenges for Jews and Christians today”. This meeting took place at a time of significant challenges in public and religious life for many communities around the world. At the meeting Peter Prove, director of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, presented the WCC policies on antisemitism and the WCC’s work for human rights for all. The WCC News met with him after the meeting.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) et le Comité juif international pour les consultations interreligieuses (IJCIC) se sont rencontrés officiellement du 25 au 27 juin à Paris, sous le thème «La normalisation de la haine: défis pour les juifs et les chrétiens d’aujourd’hui». La réunion a eu lieu à une étape difficile de la vie religieuse et publique de nombreuses communautés à travers le monde. À la réunion, le directeur de la Commission des Églises pour les affaires internationales du COE, Peter Prove, a présenté les politiques du COE en matière d’antisémitisme et les travaux de l’organisation en faveur des droits humains de tous et toutes. Le département des nouvelles du COE l’a rencontré à l’issue de la réunion.

On 15 March, a group of Ecumenical accompaniers from the WCC were invited to share Shabbat dinner with the Kol HaNeshama congregation in Jerusalem.

Le 15 mars, un groupe d’accompagnateurs et accompagnatrices œcuméniques du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) était invité à partager le dîner du shabbat avec la congrégation de Kol HaNeshama à Jérusalem.

It was a bright and sunny morning when Rabbis for Human Rights organized a solidarity walk on Tuesday through the Israeli administered H2 area of Hebron, where growing tension has forced the World Council of Churches (WCC) to temporarily suspend its presence of ecumenical accompaniers.

La matinée s’annonçait belle et ensoleillée pour la marche solidaire organisée mardi par les Rabbins pour les droits de l’homme (Rabbis for Human Rights) à travers la zone H2 d’Hébron sous administration israélienne, où les tensions exacerbées ont forcé le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) à interrompre temporairement la présence de ses accompagnateurs et accompagnatrices œcuméniques.

‘History’ and ‘Time’ were the thirteenth and fourteenth subjects covered in a workshop which took place in Erlangen, Germany, 12-14 December as part of a project “Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses.”

Respect for the other lies at the heart of peace education and was a key thread through a debate entitled “Education for Peace in a multi-religious world”. It was held on the 2018 World Human Rights Day at the United Nations Office in Geneva.

In a highly unusual action, the leaders of Jerusalem’s churches closed the doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday. The united protest was in response to moves by Jerusalem authorities to begin collecting tens of millions of dollars in taxes from churches, as well as proposed legislation to confiscate church-owned land.

Dans un acte extrêmement inhabituel, les responsables des Églises de Jérusalem ont fermé les portes de l’église du Saint-Sépulcre dimanche dernier. Cette protestation est une réaction aux nouvelles mesures prises par les autorités de Jérusalem pour collecter des dizaines de millions de dollars sous forme de taxes aux Églises, ainsi qu'à un projet de loi visant à confisquer les terres appartenant aux Églises.

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit joined other speakers at a side event of the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council on 7 March. The speakers, which also included Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Department of External Church Relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, addressed the topic of “Mutual Respect and Peaceful Coexistence as a Condition of Interreligious Peace and Stability: Supporting Christians and Other Communities.”

The chief cleric of Cairo’s prestigious mosque and university, H.E. Professor Dr Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar al Sharif, has decried the present-day “civilizational crisis” of poverty and insecurity and called for interreligious collaboration to address it.

David Bradwell of Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees has been on a mission for the past six months trying to raise awareness on what individuals and churches can do to help those fleeing conflicts and wars.

The Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe and the WCC have published a revised and updated edition of their joint study, Mapping Migration: Mapping Churches’ Responses in Europe. The 2016 text explores challenges and changes in the European church landscape in light of international migration.