As a group of three laureates of the “National Human Rights Award in Colombia” engaged in meetings with diplomats and United Nations representatives in Geneva, a tray lunch event was organized on 8 June at the Ecumenical Centre by the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance to offer the delegation the opportunity to share about the deterioration of the peace process in the country and the importance of international solidarity.
Dans une lettre du 13 juillet adressée au Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies, Diálogo Intereclesial por la Paz en Colombia (DiPaz), une plateforme interecclésiale pour la paix en Colombie, a demandé à la communauté internationale d’appeler le gouvernement colombien à reprendre la mise en œuvre de l’accord de paix et à renforcer les canaux de dialogue pour résoudre les problèmes sociétaux.
In einem Schreiben an den Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen (UN) vom 13. Juli hat die zwischenkirchliche Plattform für einen Dialog für Frieden in Kolumbien, der „Diálogo Intereclesial por la Paz en Colombia“ (DiPaz), an die internationale Staatengemeinschaft appelliert, die kolumbianische Regierung dringend aufzurufen, die umfassende Umsetzung des Friedensabkommens wiederaufzunehmen und die Gesprächskanäle für die Lösung der gesellschaftlichen Probleme zu stärken.
En una carta dirigida el 13 de julio al Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas, el Diálogo Intereclesial por la Paz en Colombia (DiPaz), plataforma intereclesial para el diálogo por la paz en ese país, hizo un llamado a la comunidad internacional para que inste al gobierno colombiano a que reanude la plena aplicación del acuerdo de paz y fortalezca los canales de diálogo para resolver problemas sociales.
In a 13 July letter to the United Nations Security Council, the Diálogo Intereclesial por la Paz en Colombia (DiPaz), an interchurch platform for dialogue for peace in Colombia, called on the international community to urge the Colombian government to resume the full implementation of the peace agreement and strengthen channels of dialogue to resolve societal issues.
The same week Brazil reached half a million deaths by COVID-19, my parents got the first dose of the vaccine. On my way to work, I pass through a vaccination post full of people, and through a cemetery full of grief. The past year and few months were a mix of fear, indignation and anger for me. But also a time where I saw generosity and hope bloom.
476 million indigenous people live around the world, of which 11.5% live in our Latin American region. In these years that we are going from the COVID 19 pandemic in our territories (indigenous or tribal at the Latin American level), the presence of many extractive companies, mainly uranium and lithium, has increased, land traffickers and among other monoculture companies with fires for the cultivation of oil palm, logging, putting vulnerable peoples at greater risk than what is already experienced.
The Uruguayan Council of Christian Churches (CICU, by its Spanish acronym), the only ecumenical organization in the country, hosted an online gathering during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. It took place last 26 May at 7:30pm (local time) via Zoom. I had the immense joy of participating as a Catholic communicator, currently serving as correspondent for SIGNIS ALC (Latin-American and Caribbean Association of Catholic Communication) and as vice president of SIGNIS Uruguay (the Uruguayan Association of Catholic Communicators).
Em meio a uma das piores crises de saúde pública do mundo, Cristãos e Cristãs no Brasil mantiveram sua tradição de celebrar a Semana de Oração pela Unidade dos Cristãos no período que antecede o Pentecostes. Pelo segundo ano, os participantes estarão se reunindo em oração, mas não presencialmente.
En medio de una de las peores crisis de salud pública del mundo, los cristianos de Brasil mantienen su tradición de celebrar la Semana de Oración por la Unidad de los Cristianos en vísperas de Pentecostés. Por segundo año, se reunirán en oración aunque sin encuentros físicos.
Confrontés à l’une des plus graves crises de santé publique dans le monde, les chrétiens du Brésil maintiennent leur traditionnelle célébration de la Semaine de prière pour l'unité des chrétiens dans la période précédant la Pentecôte. Toutefois, pour la deuxième année consécutive, ils prieront sans se rassembler physiquement.
Inmitten einer der schlimmsten öffentlichen Gesundheitskrisen der Welt halten Christinnen und Christen in Brasilien an ihrer Tradition fest, in der Zeit vor Pfingsten die Gebetswoche für die Einheit der Christen zu feiern. Auch dieses Jahr versammeln sie sich wieder zum Gebet, jedoch ohne physische Zusammenkünfte.
In the midst of one of the worst public health crises in the world, Christians in Brazil are upholding their tradition of celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in the lead up to Pentecost. For the second year, they will be gathering in prayer without physical gatherings though.
Para marcar o início da Campanha da Fraternidade Ecumênica no Brasil, o Secretário-Geral Interino do Conselho Mundial de Igrejas, Rev. Dr. Ioan Sauca, compartilhou sua esperança de que a campanha trará uma oportunidade única de expressar solidariedade e apoio concretos ao trabalho das igrejas engajadas na expressão da unidade Cristã.
As the Ecumenical Fraternity Campaign begins in Brazil, World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Dr Ioan Sauca shared his hope that the campaign will bring a unique opportunity to express concrete solidarity and support to the work of churches engaged in expressing Christian unity.
The new surge in COVID-19 related hospitalizations and deaths has drastically increased the need for pastoral care almost everywhere. Brazil and Great Britain are two hard-hit countries, where the pandemic has brought existential questions on the table.
As a new liturgical cycle begins, the World Council of Churches (WCC), in partnership with Red Crearte, a Latin American network that produces spiritual and liturgical material, is creating a collection of songs from across the world.
A morte brutal de João Alberto Silveira Freitas, negro , de 40 anos de idade, pela ação de dois agentes de segurança brancos do lado de fora de um supermercado em Porto Alegre, Brasil, no dia 19 de novembro, véspera do Dia da Consciência Negra, despertou revolta em todo país. As igrejas membros do Conselho Mundial de Igrejas condenaram a morte de João Alberto e expressaram profunda preocupação com a insjutiça racial sistêmica no Brasil.
Le meurtre brutal de Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas, un homme noir de 40 ans, aux mains de deux agents de sécurité blancs devant un supermarché à Porto Alegre au Brésil, le 19 novembre, la veille de la Journée nationale de la conscience noire, a suscité l’indignation dans tout le pays. Les Églises membres du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se sont exprimées pour condamner ce meurtre et exprimer leur profonde inquiétude face à l’injustice raciale systémique au Brésil.
Die brutale Tötung des 40-jährigen schwarzen João Alberto Silveira Freitas durch zwei weiße Sicherheitsleute vor einem Supermarkt im brasilianischen Porto Alegre am 19. November, am Vortag des nationalen Tages des schwarzen Bewusstseins, löste im ganzen Land eine Welle der Empörung aus. Mitgliedskirchen des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) erhoben ihre Stimmen, um diese Tötung zu verurteilen und ihre große Besorgnis über die systematische Rassenungerechtigkeit in Brasilien auszudrücken.
