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World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit condemned attacks across the world that have occurred during a violent week during which many have lost their lives or lost their loved ones.

Junge afrikanische Geistliche, Theologinnen und Theologen sowie Laien sind bereit, die herausfordernden Problem ihres Kontinents und der Welt in Angriff zu nehmen. Dies ging aus einem kürzlich vom Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) in Partnerschaft mit der Gesamtafrikanischen Kirchenkonferenz (AACC) durchgeführten Aufsatzwettbewerb für Autorinnen und Autoren unter 35 Jahren hervor.

Young African clergy, theologians and laypersons are eager to engage with the challenging issues facing their continent and the world. This became clear in a recent essay competition for authors below 35 years by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in partnership with the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC).

Numerosos jóvenes clérigos, teólogos y laicos africanos están dispuestos a comprometerse para afrontar los profundos desafíos a los que se enfrenta su continente y el mundo. Esto se puso de manifiesto en un reciente concurso de ensayos para autores menores de 35 años organizado por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en colaboración con la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda el África (AACC).

Les jeunes membres du clergé, théologiens et laïcs africains sont impatients de s’attaquer aux problèmes complexes qui touchent leur continent et le monde entier. C’est ce qui est apparu clairement lors d’un concours d’écriture destiné aux auteurs de moins de 35 ans et organisé par le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), en partenariat avec la Conférence des Églises de toute l’Afrique (CETA).

Simultaneous attacks by extremist insurgents on a military base and Arbinda town in Soum province in the north of Burkina Faso resulted in the deaths of 35 civilians – almost all of them women – as well as seven soldiers. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has declared 48 hours of national mourning, and all Christmas celebrations have been cancelled.

In the wake of violence against a worshiping congregation in the town of Hantoukoura in Burkina Faso on 1 December, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit condemned the attack on innocent people gathered to worship on the first Sunday in Advent.

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) und das ACT-Bündnis haben in einem gemeinsamen Brief an den Präsidenten von Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, ihre große Sorge angesichts der Entwicklungen im Land zum Ausdruck gebracht, durch die die Sicherheit und die Menschenrechte vieler Menschen gefährdet seien.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the ACT Alliance, in a joint letter to Burkina Faso president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, expressed concern for developments affecting the secu-rity and human rights of many of the nation’s people.

En una carta conjunta dirigida al presidente de Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) y ACT Alianza expresaron su preocupación por los acontecimientos que afectan a la seguridad y los derechos humanos de muchos de los habitantes de la nación.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) et l’Alliance ACT, dans une lettre conjointe au président du Burkina Faso, Roch March Christian Kaboré, ont exprimé leur préoccupation pour les événements affectant la sécurité et les droits de l’homme de beaucoup de personnes du pays.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) condemned an attack on a Protestant church in northern Burkina Faso, in the small town of Silgadji near Djibo, the capital of Soum province.

The World Council of Churches - Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance endorses a newly expanded collaboration on HIV between the Medicine Patent Pool and Gilead. On 4 October, the MPP announced a licence with Gilead Sciences for bictegravir, a new integrase inhibitor part of a once-daily, single-tablet HIV regimen currently filed for regulatory approval at the United States Food and Drug Administration and the European Union.

Vom 15. bis 20. Oktober 2017 lädt das Ökumenische Aktionsbündnis des Ökumeni­schen Rates der Kirchen erneut Kirchen auf der ganzen Welt ein, sich einer Kirchlichen Aktionswoche für Nahrung anzuschließen, einer Gelegenheit zum Gebet, zur Reflexion und zum gemeinsamen Handeln für Nahrungsmittel­ge­rechtig­keit rund um den Globus.

Observed on 15-22 October 2017, the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance invites churches around the world again to a Churches’ Week of Action on Food, an opportunity to pray, reflect and take action together, for food-justice across the globe.

Del 15 al 22 de octubre de 2017, la Alianza Ecuménica de Acción Mundial del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias invita a las iglesias de todo el mundo a volver a participar en la Semana de Acción de las Iglesias por los Alimentos, una oportunidad para orar, reflexionar y actuar juntos en favor de la justicia alimentaria en todo el planeta.

Du 15 au 22 octobre 2017, l'Alliance œcuménique «agir ensemble» du Conseil œcuménique des Églises invite une nouvelle fois les Églises du monde entier à une Semaine d'action des Églises pour l'alimentation, une occasion de prier, de réfléchir et d’agir ensemble, pour la justice alimentaire à travers le monde.

Working as a medical doctor in his home country Malawi seems to have given Dr Mwai Makoka ideal experience for his task of programme executive for Health and Healing at the WCC. He has experience in medical microbiology, HIV and AIDS, working for both government and church-based institutions after graduating as a doctor in Malawi, a country accustomed to working with church-run hospitals.

“How can we work together, to share what it is in our hands, share the work that is before us? How can we empower one another, capacity-build our religious leaders and mobilize our congregations, to be more proactive in health-promoting issues?”

“So much has changed, and yet so much remains the same. Global public health structures have changed, yet gross inequalities still exist – between developed and under-developed countries, between rich and poor, and the vision for equitable health care still lies in the far distance. Primary health care remains a task unfinished.”