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Grief and anger in Canada and across the world have followed the news that the remains of 215 children were found on the grounds of the Kamloops Residential School in the western Canadian province of British Columbia.

In a historic vote, the general synod of the Anglican Church of Canada bestowed the title of archbishop upon Mark MacDonald, president of the World Council of Churches (WCC) for North America.

Before the synod, MacDonald was bishop of the National Indigenous Anglican Church of Canada.

Viele ökumenische Pioniere, darunter der ehemalige ÖRK-Generalsekretär Philip Potter, waren in einem gewissen Sinne ein Produkt der Sonntagsschulbewegung. Ulrich Becker erzählt eine Geschichte, die in Vergessenheit zu drohen scheint.

Many ecumenical pioneers, including former WCC general secretary Philip Potter, were in a sense a product of the Sunday School movement. Ulrich Becker tells a story that seems to be in danger of being forgotten.

Muchos pioneros ecuménicos, entre ellos el exsecretario general del CMI, Philip Potter, fueron en cierto modo producto del movimiento de la escuela dominical. Ulrich Becker cuenta una historia que parece correr el peligro de ser olvidada.

Bon nombre de pionniers de l’œcuménisme, dont l’ancien secrétaire général du COE Philip Potter, furent en un sens un produit du mouvement des écoles du dimanche. Ulrich Becker raconte une histoire qui risquerait de tomber dans l’oubli.

"Let us all learn how to listen without interrupting, and how to speak without accusing, and how to share without pretending, how to enjoy without complaint, how to trust without wavering, how to promise without forgetting, and how to forgive - and forgive is the greatest teaching in Islam - without punishing."

The report issued by Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission in June 2015 on abuse of aboriginal children in church-run residential schools included a call for non-aboriginal Canadians to learn about the impact of European settlers and their descendants on the country’s indigenous peoples. Church people have taken that call seriously.

Canadian Lutheran World Relief und der ÖRK planen eine gemeinsame Aktion für die Rechte von Flüchtlingen, nachdem diese kirchliche kanadische Nothilfeorganisation als neues Mitglied im ÖRK aufgenommen worden ist. In diesem Kontext gibt es Pläne für eine Zusammenarbeit von CLWR und ÖRK im Bereich von Advocacy-Initiativen im Rahmen des Ökumenischen Büros der Vereinten Nationen (EUNO) in New York.

Canadian Lutheran World Relief and the WCC are planning joint action on refugee rights now that the Canadian church agency has been approved for WCC membership. Plans are for CLWR to collaborate with WCC on advocacy initiatives through the Ecumenical United Nations Office in New York.

El Socorro Mundial Luterano Canadiense y el CMI están planificando actividades conjuntas sobre los derechos de los refugiados ahora que el CMI ha aprobado que este organismo de la iglesia canadiense sea uno de sus miembros. Se prevé que el CLWR colabore con el CMI en iniciativas de promoción a través de la Oficina Ecuménica ante las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York.

L’Entraide luthérienne mondiale du Canada et le COE prévoient une action commune de défense des droits des réfugiés maintenant que l’adhésion au COE de l’organisation ecclésiale canadienne a été approuvée. Le CLWR devrait collaborer avec le COE pour les initiatives de défense des causes par l’intermédiaire du Bureau du COE auprès des Nations Unies (EUNO) à New York.

Experiences of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people around the world will be front and centre at an upcoming international conference in Trondheim, Norway. The Sami Church Council of the Church of Norway and the WCC are the chief organizers behind the conference, “Reconciliation Processes and Indigenous Peoples: Truth, Healing and Transformation,” which will take place from 20-21 June. Coinciding with the National Aboriginal Day of Prayer in Canada, the conference will be held in connection with the WCC Central Committee meeting also taking place in Trondheim from 22-28 June.

Canadian church leaders issued a joint statement endorsing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) and promising to implement its principles. Doreen Spence, an aboriginal Canadian who was one of the architects of the declaration, welcomes the move.

What do Indigenous peoples expect of churches in light of the report of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission on church-run residential schools for aboriginal children?

What do indigenous peoples expect of churches in light of the report of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission on church-run residential schools for aboriginal children? Perry Bellegarde, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, responds.

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.

An historic vote in Canada has set the stage for close cooperation between two North American churches.

The nuclear attack on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945 revealed the brutality and dangerous logic of war, money and power, according to an Indigenous Anglican bishop from Canada.

„Wir leben in einer Zeit, in der die Öffentlichkeit ein größeres Bewusstsein für die Rechte indigener Völker entwickelt“, sagte Bischof Mark MacDonald, ÖRK-Präsident für Nordamerika und Nationaler Indigener Bischof der Anglikanischen Kirche von Kanada.