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“The unbearable toll of lives lost, and the impact on the affected communities and nations, must engage the concern, solidarity and action of the international community and all people of goodwill, to stem the bloodshed and to confront the brutal ideologies behind such atrocities,” wrote Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, interim general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), on 3 November, as he commented on the violent extremist attacks in western Ethiopia, Kabul and Vienna.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) rend hommage à Hendrew Lusey-Gekawaku, décédé le 13 octobre 2020. Infirmier diplômé et professionnel de la santé publique, cet œcuméniste a apporté une contribution considérable aux actions œcuméniques et interconfessionnelles contre le VIH/sida.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the passing away of Hendrew Lusey-Gekawaku on 13 October 2020. He was a registered nurse, public health practitioner and ecumenist who contributed enormously to ecumenical and interfaith HIV and AIDS responses.

Dr Jørgen Skov Sørensen is general secretary of the Conference of European Churches. On 26 March, the WCC and Regional Ecumenical Organizations released a historic joint pastoral statement affirming the urgency of standing together to protect life amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The WCC has since been gathering viewpoints from diverse regions about the importance of taking care of our one human family.

Jørgen Skov Sørensen est le secrétaire général de la Conférence des Églises européennes. Le 26 mars, le COE et les organisations œcuméniques régionales ont publié une déclaration pastorale commune historique qui confirme l’urgence de s’unir pour protéger la vie en pleine pandémie de COVID-19. Le COE a depuis lors rassemblé différents points de vue de diverses régions sur l’importance de prendre soin de notre seule famille humaine.

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.

During a service of remembrance and celebration in the Ecumenical Centre Chapel on 24 May, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee commemorated the lives, witness and ministry of Rev. Robina Winbush and Rev. Norman Tendis.

Pendant un service commémoratif célébré dans la chapelle du Centre œcuménique le 24 mai, le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a fait mémoire de la vie, du témoignage et du ministère de la pasteure Robina Winbush et du pasteur Norman Tendis.

After 157 people perished when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed on 10 March soon after taking off near Addis Ababa, the World Council of Churches expressed deep sympathy and extended prayers for those who lost loved ones.

Alors que 157 personnes ont péri dans l’avion d’Ethiopian Airlines qui s’est écrasé peu après le décollage aux abords d’Addis-Abeba le 10 mars, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) exprime ses sincères condoléances et adresse ses prières aux proches des victimes.

The World Association for Christian Communication – Europe Region (WACC Europe) is embarking on a one-year project to identify and promote strategies to counter online hate speech focused on refugees and migrants.

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.

Dr Cecile De Sweemer, who served as staff of the Christian Medical Commission of the World Council of Churches (WCC) from 1982 to 1986, died on the 27 November in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). De Sweemer, a Belgian medical doctor with a doctorate in International Health from Johns Hopkins University, with extensive experience in Asia and Africa, was a dedicated and compassionate physician.

It ended 100 years ago, and on 11 November, church leaders will remember World War One, praying and calling for reconciliation, despite a century passing since one of humanity’s most brutal conflicts.
From Flanders in Belgium to villages across France, the UK and Germany, bells will toll to remember.

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.