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The 5th Ecumenical Pilgrimage for Climate Justice from Poland to Glasgow crossed the English Channel from IJmuiden in the Netherlands to Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England on 11 October. They were given a warm welcome on site. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) was represented at a gathering of more than 40 organizations from across Europe involved in the Blue Community initiative. Blue Communities, a concept founded by the Council of Canadians and the Blue Planet Project, recognize water and sanitation as human rights, promote public control over water resources and ban or phase out the sale of bottled water in public facilities and at events.

Church leaders in Europe stand together for an approach on refugees and migrants “based on dignity, respect, and where possible compassion”. This is the conclusion of a festive ceremony in which the leaders of the Churches Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) handed over on 4th December a European Church leaders Christmas statement to the European Parliament’s 1st Vice President Mairead McGuinness.

Les responsables des Églises européennes s’unissent pour proposer une approche des réfugiés et des migrants «basée sur la dignité, le respect et, si possible, la compassion». À l’issue d’une cérémonie festive, les responsables de la Commission des Églises auprès des migrants en Europe (CCME) et de la Commission des Églises européenne (CEE) ont adressé, le lundi 3 décembre, une Déclaration de Noël des responsables des Églises européennes à la 1re vice-présidente du Parlement européen, Mairead McGuinness.

More than 220 church leaders representing over 20 churches from Belgium, France, Luxemburg and Switzerland are meeting from 27-31 October in the French city of Lyon for the first Francophone Christian Forum.

Plus de 220 responsables d'Église représentant bien plus de 20 Églises différentes, de la Belgique, la France, le Luxembourg et la Suisse, se réunissent à Lyon du 27 au 31 octobre pour le premier Forum chrétien francophone.

World Council of Churches leaders spoke on the theme “Hospitality: On a Pilgrim’s Way of Justice and Peace" at a symposium on 23 August at the Protestant Theological University Amsterdam.

Les dirigeants du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) ont pris la parole autour du thème «L'hospitalité sur le chemin de la paix et de la justice», et ce, à l'occasion d'un symposium organisé le 23 août par l'Université théologique protestante d'Amsterdam.

There are indications of a “pattern of invisibility” of refugees and migrants themselves in news reports on asylum and migration in European media, according to a new report presented in Brussels on 16 November.

Un nouveau rapport présenté à Bruxelles le 16 novembre indique l'existence d'un «modèle d’invisibilité» des réfugiés et des migrants dans les articles traitant de l’asile et de la migration dans les médias européens.

Today, 20 June, is World Refugee Day. The United Nations estimates that every minute 8 people flee from war, persecution, or terror. This day is observed to bring attention to their collective struggle and to address the widespread global displacement of millions of people.

A celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, called the “European Reformation Roadmap,” will begin in November 2016 in Geneva, then tour across sites of significance through May 2017.

Une célébration du cinq-centième anniversaire de la Réforme, baptisée «parcours de la Réforme 2017 en Europe», entamera en novembre 2016 à Genève un tour de ses lieux importants qui durera jusqu’en mai 2017.

The Protestant Church in the Netherlands faces a challenge to be the church "in an authentic way,” says Dr Arjan Plaisier, secretary of the general synod of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.

L'Église protestante des Pays-Bas se trouve confrontée au défi d'être Église «de manière authentique», a déclaré M. Arjan Plaisier, Secrétaire du Synode général de l'Église protestante des Pays-Bas.

Negotiations should end the conflict and bring political transition in Syria, urged the World Council of Churches and Pax Christi International in a joint statement issued 15 March.

Following the WCC/UN High Level Conference on the Refugee Crisis in Europe, which took place at the Ecumenical Centre Geneva on 18-19 January, a statement has been issued entitled "Europe’s Response to the Refuge Crisis, From Origin to Transit, Reception and Refuge, A Call for Shared Responsibility and Coordinated Action”.