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Exposure visits taken by participants of the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management (GEM) offered a firsthand knowledge about economic and political injustices and challenges being faced by the migrant and indigenous communities in Mexico.

Der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, sagte den Teilnehmenden der Dritten Globalen Versammlung des Globalen Christlichen Forums (GCF) in Bogota (Kolumbien), dass das GCF Erstaunliches für die Stärkung des gegenseitigen Vertrauens und das Finden neuer Arten der Zusammenarbeit leiste.

World Council of Churches (WCC) General Secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has told participants at the Global Christian Forum’s Third (GCF) Global Gathering in Bogota, Colombia that the GCF is remarkable in building trust among participants and opening ways for new forms of cooperation.

El secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, ha dicho a los participantes del Tercer Encuentro Mundial del Foro Cristiano Mundial (FCM) en Bogotá (Colombia) que el FCM destaca por crear confianza entre los participantes y abrir caminos a nuevas formas de cooperación.

Le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, a déclaré aux participants du troisième rassemblement mondial du Forum chrétien mondial (FCM) à Bogota, en Colombie, que le FCM joue un rôle admirable dans le renouvellement de la confiance entre les participants et dans l’ouverture de nouvelles voies de coopération.

More than 30 young adults coming from different countries in Latin America and the Caribbean will gather in Colombia to reflect and plan actions on eco-justice and peace building. “Young people for Eco-Justice and Peace: The challenge that we accept” will be organized by the World Student Christian Federation in Latin America and the Caribbean (WSCF – LAC), a partner of the World Council of Churches (WCC), in Barranquilla, from 15-18 August.

The WCC president for Latin America and the Caribbean, Rev. Gloria Ulloa, has participated at the 35th Assembly of the World Student Christian Federation. The event is currently underway in Bogotá, Colombia, until 5 March.

At the Central Committee meeting of the WCC, leadership of the Council’s consultative bodies was announced. These bodies will steer through the work of the WCC in accomplishing the call from its 10th Assembly to engage in a “pilgrimage of justice and peace”. The WCC assembly was held in the Republic of Korea in 2013.

An ecumenical network in Latin America of composers, liturgists and writers plan to develop liturgical resources based on the WCC pilgrimage of justice and peace initiative.

Una red ecuménica latinoamericana de compositores, liturgistas y escritores elabora recursos litúrgicos inspirados por el peregrinaje de justicia y paz del CMI.