The World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco School released a declaration calling for climate justice and a transition to green energy, among other actions.
Fifteen young people from 10 countries across Europe and North America are taking part of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School at the Orthodox Academy of Crete, Greece, 11-18 November, exploring water, food, and climate justice.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is calling on Azerbaijan for the immediate lifting of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, as more than 120,000 people—including 30,000 children—are suffering under an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis.
We mark 4 March as World Obesity Day. Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a health risk. Obesity has more than tripled since 1975, and more than 1 billion people are obese in the world today.
Dans une déclaration publique, le comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises a réitéré la nécessité d'un cessez-le-feu en Ukraine et la nécessité de s'attaquer à l'insécurité alimentaire croissante dans le monde.
In a public statement, the World Council of Churches executive committee reiterated the need for a ceasefire in Ukraine, and the need for addressing growing food insecurity worldwide.
Le monde est confronté à une crise alimentaire mondiale sans précédent exacerbée par la guerre en Ukraine mais l'humanité peut et doit prendre des mesures correctives en matière de justice économique et climatique, a-t-on entendu lors d'une réunion animée par le Conseil œcuménique des Églises.
The world faces a global crisis on food exacerbated and brought to the fore by the war in Ukraine, but humanity can and must take remedial steps in economic and climate justice, a World Council of Churches-led meeting has heard.
As the war in Ukraine triggers an unexpected rise in food and commodity prices in African markets, church leaders are reaching out to communities struggling with food insecurity and shortages.
Le 20 janvier dernier, le secrétaire général par intérim du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le père Ioan Sauca, a évoqué ses réflexions dans le cadre d’une discussion organisée par l’Institut d’études œcuméniques de l’Université Pontificale Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin de Rome, autour du thème « La pandémie, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises, et la santé mondiale ».
On 20 January, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca reflected on “The Pandemic, the World Council of Churches, and Global Health,” as part of a discussion hosted by the Institute for Ecumenical Studies of Angelicum University.
On 20 January, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca will serve as a panelist for “Ecumenism in a Time of Pandemic: From Crisis to Opportunity.”
As Norwegian Church Aid continued a digital visit with its global partners, leaders from the organization met with the World Council of Churches (WCC) to discuss creative responses to the world’s increasing needs, and the vital role of church leaders in those responses.
A 2 December webinar, “Building trust: religious leader's engagement in vaccine confidence,” highlighted the voices of global religious leaders who are listening with a keen ear in their communities—and leading by example.
An ecumenical prayer service on World AIDS Day, to be observed 1 December, will focus on the theme “Overcoming Inequalities With Justice and Love,” a special emphasis in the context of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, which runs from 25 November until 10 December.
Le comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) s'est réuni le 12 novembre - pour la première fois depuis deux ans - et a entamé ses travaux avec le désir de réimaginer l'avenir en identifiant certaines tendances et opportunités nées à la suite à la tragique pandémie de COVID-19. La réunion se déroule de manière hybride à l'Institut œcuménique de Bossey et par vidéoconférence.
As the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee convened on 12 November—face-to-face for the first time in two years—the governing body began its deliberations with a sense of reimagining the future by tracing some positive trends and opportunities born out of the grief-filled COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting is taking place in a hybrid fashion at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute and on video conference.
As the journey continues towards the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe in 2022, a World Council of Churches consultation is now taking place in Berlin, Germany, to reflect and strategize on the future of the churches’ health ministry.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted an interface conference on 13 October between the WCC, EKD, German Federal Foreign Office, Trans-Atlantic Network and Berlin-based diplomats to discuss the vital role that the WCC, churches and faith communities around the globe play in advancing people’s health and healing, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a accueilli le 13 octobre une conférence d’interface entre le COE, l’Église évangélique en Allemagne (EKD), le ministère fédéral allemand des Affaires étrangères, le Réseau transatlantique et divers diplomates basés à Berlin pour discuter du rôle vital que le COE, les Églises et les communautés religieuses du monde entier jouent dans la promotion de la santé et de la guérison des personnes, en particulier dans le contexte des suites de la pandémie de COVID-19.