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The United Church of Canada has launched the “Korea Peace Appeal Ten Thousand Signature Campaign” that declares, “70 years is enough. It’s time to end the Korean War.”

Der geschäftsführende Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rats der Kirchen, Priester Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, rief nach dem Angriff eines Bewaffneten, bei dem am Wochenende in Nova Scotia, Kanada, 22 Menschen den Tod fanden, zu Gebeten auf. Der Schütze war von der Polizei erschossen worden.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca called for prayers in the wake of an attack by a gunman that left 22 people dead in Nova Scotia, Canada over the weekend. The gunman was shot by police.

El secretario general interino del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, el Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, ha hecho un llamado a la oración a raíz de los ataques perpetrados por un hombre armado, en Nueva Escocia (Canadá), durante el fin de semana, que dejó veintidós víctimas mortales. El autor de los disparos murió tras un enfrentamiento armado con la policía.

Le secrétaire général intérimaire du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, le père Ioan Sauca, a lancé un appel à la prière au lendemain de la fusillade qui a coûté la vie à 22 personnes en Nouvelle-Écosse, au Canada, le week-end dernier. Le tireur a été abattu par la police.

In an opening address at a Forum on Modern Slavery in Istanbul on 7 January, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew spoke on “Awareness, Action and Impact.” After many centuries of progress and advancement, we still live in a world where injustice and slavery continue to thrive, and where human dignity is exchanged for the sole purpose of greed, gain, and profit, reflected Bartholomew.

What else could your family, your parish, your community do to respond to the needs of migrants and refugees arriving in your country? Representatives of many different churches met in Rome in September to discuss that practical question, as well as respond to the broader challenge of how people of faith can combat the rising tide of racism, xenophobia and nationalist policies that increasingly target vulnerable migrants and asylum seekers.

Around 60 participants from Christian churches all over the world gathered in Beit Sahour for peace consultations two weeks ago.

When the WCC joined the Blue Communities Project on 25 October, water and eco-justice advocates from around the world offered congratulations, while at the same time urging WCC member churches to join the quest for global water and sanitation rights.

“We had heard that racism continues to be an issue in the United States,” said Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the WCC Central Committee. “But we did not expect to find it so deep, so wide and so pervasive.”

Mitten im wachsenden Klima der Angst vor Flüchtlingen und Immigrierenden appelliert der ÖRK an Christen, der biblischen Aufforderung getreu „Fremde willkommen zu heißen“.

In the midst of a mounting climate of fear of refugees and immigrants, the WCC is calling on Christians to be true to the Biblical imperative to “welcome the stranger”.

En el clima de creciente miedo a los refugiados y los inmigrantes, el CMI insta a los cristianos a ser fieles al imperativo bíblico de “acoger al extranjero”.

Pendant qu’un climat de peur s’installe autour de la question des réfugiés et des immigrants, le COE demande aux chrétiens de se montrer fidèles à l’impératif biblique «d’accueillir l’étranger».

What do indigenous peoples expect of churches in light of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on church-run residential schools for aboriginal children? Dr Marie Wilson, TRC Commissioner, responds in this wide-ranging interview with the WCC Communication.

Four weeks of negotiations on nuclear weapons came to a close on Friday 22 May, as the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ended without a formal agreement. Despite the outcome, a bright new prospect towards a world without nuclear weapons has emerged in the form of a Humanitarian Pledge, now endorsed by 107 states, which promises “to fill the legal gap for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons”.

Die Gebetswoche für die Einheit der Christen ist dieses Jahr geprägt von der Aufforderung aus Brasilien, für mehr Respekt für religiöse und kulturelle Vielfalt einzutreten.

Challenged by Christians from Brazil to strive for greater respect for religious and cultural diversity, churches are reflecting together on the gospel of John as they celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

Tras el llamamiento de los cristianos de Brasil para abogar por un mayor respeto de la diversidad religiosa y cultural, las iglesias de muchos otros países han comenzado una reflexión conjunta sobre el Evangelio en el marco de la celebración de la Semana de oración por la unidad de los cristianos.