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Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata

Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata: “Colombia is a deeply fragile but promising country”

Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata, World Council of Churches (WCC) programme director for Public Witness and Diakonia, led a delegation that visited Colombia on 8-11 August to express solidarity with the Colombian churches, government and people as they collaborate in the design, implementation, and advocacy for the construction of peace in the country. Below, he shares his impressions of the visit.

15 August 2023
Blog post
Social card for the virtual celebration of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, by CICU

Less COVID-19 cases, more “hope cases”

The Uruguayan Council of Christian Churches (CICU, by its Spanish acronym), the only ecumenical organization in the country, hosted an online gathering during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. It took place last 26 May at 7:30pm (local time) via Zoom. I had the immense joy of participating as a Catholic communicator, currently serving as correspondent for SIGNIS ALC (Latin-American and Caribbean Association of Catholic Communication) and as vice president of SIGNIS Uruguay (the Uruguayan Association of Catholic Communicators).

02 June 2021
Blog post
Dipaz delegation in Cali, Colombia

In Colombia, “what is happening is terribly painful”

Rev. Gloria Ulloa, World Council of Churches president for Latin America and the Caribbean, is in Cali, Colombia, with a delegation of DiPaz, the country’s main ecumenical peacebuilding platform. The group is having direct grassroots contact with the conflicts currently taking place. Ulloa and others hope to bring to light testimonies of peoples and communities usually forgotten by the big media.

Below is Ulloa's latest description on the ground.

20 May 2021
Feature story
Estela de Carlotto recevant un badge #ThursdaysinBlack.

Les Grands-mères de la place de Mai sont un exemple du rôle moteur des femmes en matière de justice et de paix

Si les violences envers les femmes sont monnaie courante dans les situations de guerre et d’oppression, les femmes n’en prennent pas moins fréquemment l’initiative de s’élever contre l’injustice. Le courage affiché par les mères et les grands-mères des disparu-e-s de la «guerre sale» en Argentine (1976-1983) a été qualifié d’exemple et de défi par les responsables du COE.

11 September 2017