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Pour les 380 000 Palestiniens qui vivent à Jérusalem-Est, la vie quotidienne est souvent entachée d'inégalités dans des domaines aussi variés que le logement, les services de santé, la garde d'enfants et même le ramassage des ordures. Bien que les Palestiniens représentent 39% de la population de la ville, il existe de nombreuses disparités dans les services qu'ils reçoivent.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has hailed the 50th anniversary of a landmark agreement between Lutheran, Reformed, and United churches in Europe in which they recognized each other’s baptism and ordination, and stated they were able to celebrate the Lord’s Supper together.

Jad Issac a tendance à penser avec les chiffres. S’agissant des territoires de Cisjordanie situés aux abords de Jérusalem et de la vallée du Jourdain, aussi connus sous le nom de zone E1, J. Issac fait face à un chiffre très élevé: une perte de 2 milliards de dollars par an pour les Palestiniens et Palestiniennes contre la possibilité de gagner net le même montant, de rembourser des dettes et d’aider à son tour des pays plus pauvres. Cette somme astronomique correspond à des opportunités touristiques perdues en raison des difficultés d’accès à la zone E1, à la vallée du Jourdain et à la mer Morte, d’après l’étude sur le coût économique de l’occupation menée par l’institut de recherches appliquées de Jérusalem.

For the 380,000 Palestinians that live in East Jerusalem, daily life is often marred by inequalities related to everything from housing, health services, childcare, and even garbage pickup. Even though Palestinians make up 39% of the city, there are many discrepancies in the services they receive.

Visitant l’Institut œcuménique de Bossey et le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) du 4 au 8 mars, 20 étudiants chiites internationaux ont pris part à un dialogue qui a renforcé les passerelles interconfessionnelles, les amitiés et l’espoir pour l’avenir.

Dr Jad Issac tends to think in numbers. When it comes to the land in the West Bank on the outskirts of Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley—known simply as E1— Issac is weighing a stark figure: a loss of $2 billion a year for Palestinians versus the ability to net the same amount of revenue, pay off debts, and, in turn, help poorer countries.  The astronomical figure amounts to lost tourism opportunities due to the lack of access to E1, Jordan Valley, and the Dead Sea—as per the Economic Cost of the Occupation Study done by the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem.

As a group of 20 international Shia students visited from 4-8 March the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey and the World Council of Churches (WCC), they entered into a dialogue that strengthened interreligious bridges, friendships, and hope for the future.

As young people from the Taize community visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 6 March, they reflected on how the time impacted the way they view Christian unity and the entire world.

Alexander Brock, an international development practitioner from Ireland, recently returned from a deployment with the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. On 1 March, he gave an eyewitness account of what it’s like to monitor human rights in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. He was part of a group of 27 ecumenical accompaniers from all over the world. 

According to the fifth mark of the Anglican Church's mission, the church aims to protect and renew the earth's creation and sustain it. The Anglican Church of Southern Africa environmental network is dedicated to helping churches and dioceses fulfill God's calling to be earth-keepers and to care for creation.

In the search for true repentance and liberation, Africa needs to acknowledge its complicity in slave trade, says Rev. Fidon Mwombeki, general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches.

Dans la foulée de l’installation le 17 février du Pasteur Jerry Pillay comme neuvième secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), des responsables d’Églises et d’organisations œcuméniques, des ami-e-s, des membres de la famille et du personnel du COE ont partagé leurs messages de félicitations et de bienvenue.

Immediately after the installation on 17 February of Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay as the ninth general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), church leaders, heads of ecumenical organizations, friends, family, and WCC staff shared greetings and welcoming words.