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As coronavirus cases rise sharply in Latin American countries, so has violence against women.

Hope, solidarity and a spirit of service are recurring themes in Easter messages received by the World Council of Churches from many of its member churches and partners.

“It was with great sadness that we received the news of the passing of Rev. Pablo Sosa, one of the grandfathers of global ecumenical spirituality,” said Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC. The Argentinian Methodist pastor passed away on 11 January, in Buenos Aires, at the age of 85.

The global ecumenical family is deeply saddened by the death of Elias Crisóstomo Abramides, on 21 October 2019. He was a pioneer and a vital stalwart in the faith community's ongoing struggle to stop climate change. Elias was a founding member of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Working Group on Climate Change which emerged from WCC participation in the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro that gave rise to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. He continued to be a dedicated and active member of the WCC Working Group on Climate Change, and the ecumenical work on climate change, until his death.

Bishop Emeritus Nélida Ritchie, from the Evangelical Methodist Church of Argentina (IEMA), passed away on 22 December. She served as vice-moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee between 1991 and 1998.

From 18-20 September, the World Council of Churches (WCC) is hosting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a regional meeting of some 30 people with responsibilities for ecumenical relations in several churches in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean.

One of the most active groups of "La Casona", a care center in the southern part of Buenos Aires, is the “Centro de Producción Audiovisual”, which is formed by eight young people of ages 16-22 who found in the cinema and audiovisual production a tool to express their feelings about the challenging reality around them. Last August, they received a visit by a group led by Frederique Seidel, World Council of Churches (WCC) special adviser on Child Rights.

L’un des groupes les plus actifs de «La Casona», un centre d’accompagnement au sud de Buenos Aires, est le «Centro de Producción Audiovisual» qui regroupe huit jeunes de 16 à 22 ans ayant trouvé dans le cinéma et la production audiovisuelle un outil d’expression de leurs sentiments concernant les difficultés de la réalité qui les entoure. En août dernier, ils ont reçu la visite d’un groupe mené par Frederique Seidel, conseillère spéciale pour les droits de l’enfant du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE).

Churches, civil society organisations and almost 100 children and adolescents - many of whom experience poverty and violence daily - attended a consultation on 11 August organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the town of Pilar, north of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Le 11 août dernier, des Églises, des organisations de la société civile et près de 100 enfants et adolescents - dont beaucoup font face quotidiennement à la pauvreté et à la violence - ont participé à un colloque organisé par le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) dans la ville de Pilar, au nord de Buenos Aires (Argentine).