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During a visit to Angola held 21-28 January, World Council of Churches (WCC) staff met with local church and community leaders to discuss how preventing obstetric fistula is a matter of human rights.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the loss and celebrating the life of Rev. Dr Jose Belo Chipenda, an African theologian and ecumenical leader.

Chipenda passed away on 10 January in Canada at the age of 95. 

After the deadliest earthquake to hit Morocco in decades took more than 1,000 lives, and the death toll continued to grow, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay called for prayer and solidarity from the WCC global fellowship and from all people of good will across the world.

Rev. Dr Angelique Walker-Smith is senior associate for Pan African and Orthodox Church Engagement at Bread for the World. She also serves on the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee. She recently participated in a rally and march in Washington, DC, where thousands gathered to commemorate the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington in 1963 that included Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have A Dream" speech.

In einer Erklärung erinnert der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen daran, dass vor 400 Jahren die Versklavung afrikanischer Völker begann. Damals kam eine erste Schiffsladung aus Angola im Hafen von Jamestown, Virginia (USA) an.

A statement from the World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee commemorated the quad-centennial of the forced transatlantic voyage of enslaved African peoples from Angola to Jamestown, Virginia (USA).

Una declaración del Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) conmemoró el IV centenario del viaje transatlántico forzoso de pueblos africanos esclavizados de Angola a Jamestown, Virginia (EE. UU.).

Dans une déclaration, le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises commémore le 400e anniversaire de l'arrivée du premier contingent d'esclaves africains sur le sol américain à Jamestown (Virginie).

Das ökumenische theologische Bildungsprogramm des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) hat zum zweiten Mal einen Beitrag zur Entwicklung ökumenischer Kapazitäten in Marokko geleistet. Der ÖRK hat sich im Ökumenischen Theologischen Institut Al Mowafaqa in Rabat an der Durchführung eines Kurses über kontextuelle Theologien in Afrika beteiligt.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Theological Education programme has, for the second time, contributed to ecumenical capacity development in Morocco. The WCC helped instruct a course on contextual theologies and African theologies at the Ecumenical Theological Institute Al Mowafaqa in Rabat.

El programa del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) sobre Educación Teológica Ecuménica ha contribuido por segunda vez al desarrollo de capacidades ecuménicas en Marruecos. El CMI ha ayudado a impartir un curso sobre teologías contextuales y teologías africanas en el Instituto Ecuménico de Teología Al Mowafaqa, en Rabat.

Le programme de formation théologique œcuménique du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a contribué pour la deuxième fois au renforcement des compétences œcuméniques au Maroc. Le COE a en effet participé à l’élaboration d’un cours sur les théologies contextuelles et les théologies africaines à l’Institut œcuménique de théologie Al Mowafaqa de Rabat.

As a result of a consultation on 9-10 November in Washington, D.C., Pan African Women of Faith have released a Call to Action toward a vision of sustainable communities and an end to hunger and poverty.

The first ever WCC Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice will be held 24 July to 3 August, hosted by the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Blantyre Synod. Applications are now open with a deadline of 11 June (deadline extended).

Translate the hope provided by the Paris Agreement into real action to direct the world toward a more just and sustainable future, urged the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 17 November at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco.

Translate the hope provided by the Paris Agreement into real action to direct the world toward a more just and sustainable future, urged the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 17 November at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco.

Wir haben einen weiten Weg zurückgelegt, aber nur wenige echte Fortschritte erzielt, stellte Bartholomäus I, der Ökumenische Patriarch von Konstantinopel in seiner Botschaft an die Mitgliedstaaten der UN-Klimarahmenkonvention (UNFCCC) fest und bezog sich mit dieser Aussage darauf, dass 22 Jahre ein nicht akzeptabler Zeitraum seien, um mit Klimakonventionen auf die Umweltkrise zu reagieren.

We have come a long way but have made little progress, stated Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, in his message to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), referring to 22 years of UN conventions as an unacceptably long period to respond to the environmental crisis.

Hemos recorrido un largo camino, pero hemos logrado pocos avances, según declaró Bartolomé I, patriarca ecuménico de Constantinopla, en su mensaje a la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (CMNUCC), calificando los veintidós años de convenciones de la ONU como un período inaceptablemente largo para responder a la crisis medioambiental.

Nous avons fait du chemin, mais peu de progrès, a déclaré Bartholomée Ier, patriarche œcuménique de Constantinople, dans son message adressé à la Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques (CCNUCC), affirmant ainsi que 22 ans de conventions des Nations Unies représentaient une durée inacceptable pour répondre à la crise environnementale.