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On 3 November, the Rev. Dr Walter Altmann, moderator of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), met with the Brazilian minister for human rights, Maria do Ros

No dia 3 de novembro, o P. Dr. Walter Altmann, moderador do Comitê Central do Conselho Mundial de Igrejas (CMI), se reuniu com a ministra brasileira para os direitos humanos, Maria do Rosário, em seu escritório em Brasília. O principal item da agenda foi o apoio do CMI à implementação de uma comissão da verdade no país.

Metropolitan Damaskinos of Andrianople, who died on 5 November at the age of 75, has been described as a world-renowned theologian, eminent professor, prolific writer, respected church leader, beloved pastor and esteemed ecumenist. This tribute appears in a memorial letter from the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

O procurador de justiça Dr. Marlon Weichert, proeminente defensor dos direitos humanos no Brasil, visitou o Conselho Mundial de Igrejas (CMI), em Genebra, Suíça, na terça-feira, 08 de novembro. Em entrevista, Weichert ressaltou o papel das igrejas no apoio ao Brasil no momento em que o país procura curar feridas de seu passado doloroso e vislumbra um futuro melhor. A Comissão da Verdade no Brasil, afirma, vai começar a fazer sentido se as igrejas continuarem utilizando os valores da fé na proteção aos direitos humanos.

Dr Marlon Weichert, a prominent Brazilian human rights advocate, visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) offices in Geneva on Tuesday, 8 November. In an interview, he appreciated the role of churches in assisting Brazil as it comes to terms with its painful past and envisions a better future. A truth commission in Brazil, he says, will start to make sense when churches continue using faith values in protecting human rights.

Representatives of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Roman Catholic Church met in Malta from 31 October to 5 November in the final consultation of their Joint Working Group before the 10th Assembly of the WCC convenes at Busan, Republic of Korea in October 2013. The group is preparing a report on relations between Roman Catholics and the WCC since the 9th Assembly in February 2006.

With environmental disasters impacting community lives in acute ways around the globe, churches from India and other countries gathered in Chennai, last week to reaffirm their commitment to climate justice.Â

Reflections on the recent “Arab spring” and young people’s involvement in the challenges of a changing ecumenical landscape were the focus of discussions in a recent meeting of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Echos – Commission on youth in the ecumenical movement.

Whether facilitating training, translating information, or distributing printed materials, Deolinda Dorcas Teca is determined to help craft the tools people in the Portuguese language region of Africa will use to face the challenges of HIV and AIDS.

From Durban in South Africa to Busan in South Korea, water must be high on the agenda of international summits, conferences and church assemblies, according to participants in the Ecumenical Water Network Forum.

Por Jonathan Frerichs (*)

Dr Sarojini Nadar is a theologian from South Africa working on the issues of gender, religion and health for many years. She is currently serving as senior lecturer and director of the Gender and Religion programme, School of Religion and Theology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Nadar has been deeply involved with churches to raise awareness about women

Given the significant role played by the young people in pursuit of peace in communities, the WCC features reflections from eight young people from around the world in its new book Echos for Peace, addressing the issues of global peace, justice and nonviolence, launched recently at the meeting of Echos Commission on Youth in the Ecumenical Movement in Lebanon last week.

A series of Biblical meditations on gender, reproductive and sexual health is being launched by the World Council of Churches (WCC), inviting congregations and individual Christians to make November a month of reflection on health and healing.

Participants in the second Africa Human Rights Defenders Training in West Africa organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) have called on faith-based institutions to use their constituencies to uphold human rights and dignity. They have expressed concern on failures in the justice system and denial of human dignity to the majority of people in the Mano River Union countries.

Wilhelm Pierola Iturralde is the president of the Bolivian Association "Joining Hands for Life", an initiative of the Presbyterian Hunger Programme which works closely with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to address water problems in Bolivia. Iturralde was one of the participants at the Global Forum of the Ecumenical Water Network in Kenya, Nairobi.

Rev. Canon Dr Ezekiel Olusegun Babatunde, a theologian from Immanuel College of Theology and director of the Institute of Church and Society of the Christian Council of Nigeria speaks about the attempts to provide clean and safe drinking water to communities seeking partnership with the government in Nigeria.

Reflections by Clare Amos*

Member churches of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Canada join hands with faith leaders, politicians and civil society actors to stress a

Susan Lea Smith is a water justice activist and an environmental and natural resources law professor at the Willamette University in the United States. She shares her concern over the water crisis and the unjust distribution of water in the world, as well as efforts made to address this issue from a rights based perspective in her country.