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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.

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.

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.

The Church and Peace network is warning against extending a financial and political instrument at the disposal of the European Union (EU) that could strengthen the military capacity of non-EU countries, a move the network sees as a major shift.

After nearly a year of effort, archivists at the WCC have prepared a significant part of European ecumenical history for lasting preservation and use. Through their efforts, the Geneva history of the Conference of European Churches is catalogued online and ready for public use.

An exclusive offer for you! EKD, CEC and WCC invite you to Wittenberg and Berlin Preview visit to the Reformation anniversary sites with a limited number of participants. Take a look behind the scenes at preparations for this great historical event - the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Retrace the footsteps of Martin Luther.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, has strongly condemned a series of lethal terror attacks carried out in Brussels as “wicked and indiscriminate” and calling for prayers for those affected.

Le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, a fermement condamné une série d’attentats terroristes meurtriers perpétrés à Bruxelles, qu'il a qualifiés d’«abjects et aveugles», et il appelle à prier pour les victimes.