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A special WCC campaign is tackling abuse and violence in “loving” relationships. Valentine’s Day, 14 February, falls on a Thursday this year, and is being connected to the Thursdays in Black campaign against rape and violence.

Una campaña especial del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias aborda el abuso y la violencia en las relaciones “amorosas”. El día de San Valentín, el 14 de febrero, cae este año en jueves, por lo que se asociará a la campaña Jueves de negro contra la violación y la violencia.

Une campagne spéciale du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) s’attaque aux abus et à la violence dans le cadre des relations «amoureuses». Puisque le 14 février tombe cette année un jeudi, la Saint-Valentin a été rat-tachée à la campagne des Jeudis en noir contre le viol et la violence.

Almost 30 international students from the WCC's Bossey Ecumenical Institute, Switzerland, are embarking on a future of ecumenism, dialogue and unity that began with months of intense study and fellowship.

The annual meeting with the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) and the World Council of Churches was held in Rome from 10-11 January. Staff of both the PCID and the Office of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation of the World Council of Churches participated.

The Atlantic School of Theology in Nova Scotia, Canada, celebrated the 70th anniversary of the WCC on 22 November at a chapel service. Also in Canada, the Canadian Council of Churches Governing Board members were pleased to hear from WCC representatives during their meeting in Ontario from 21-23 November.

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 World Council of Churches (WCC) has made several new appointments this year, welcoming programme executives, a programme director, and a new dean of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.

A delegation from the Evangelical Church in Germany is visiting the WCC on 26-27 October for an ecumenical learning experience that includes prayers with students from the Bossey Ecumenical Institute, an introduction and overview of the work of the WCC, a meeting with the Lutheran World Federation, and a guided tour of the Ecumenical Centre.

Der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, wurde nach seinem Eintreffen in Kingston anfangs dieser Woche herzlich willkommen geheißen und erwartungsvoll empfangen. Die jamaikanische Hauptstadt war der erste Halt auf einer 10-tägigen Reise durch die Karibik.

A warm welcome with cheers and high expectations awaited WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit when he touched down in Kingston earlier this week. The Jamaican capital was the first stop of a 10-day tour in the Caribbean.

Una cálida acogida con vítores y grandes expectativas aguardaba al secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, cuando aterrizó en Kingston a principios de esta semana. La capital jamaicana es la primera parada de un viaje de diez días por el Caribe.

Un accueil chaleureux, des applaudissements et de grandes attentes pour l’arrivée du secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, à Kingston en début de semaine. La capitale jamaïcaine est la première étape d’une tournée de 10 jours dans les Caraïbes.

Speaking in Lviv, Ukraine on 30 August, World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri presented a paper on ”Women and Ecumenical Engagement for Peace in South Sudan,” reflecting on the experiences of a Pilgrim Team visit by the WCC in May 2018.

The archbishop Dr Nathan Söderblom, an ecumenical forerunner and messenger of peace in war-torn Europe, challenged a deeply divided Christianity 100 years ago. Against all odds, the Stockholm Conference on Life and Work in 1925 gathered church leaders at a scale the world had not seen since Nicaea 1600 years earlier. And it did not end there.

Erklären Sie mir, wie Sie sich ernsthaft mit dem Thema dieser Vollversammlung – „Die Unordnung der Welt und Gottes Heilsplan“ – beschäftigen können, nachdem Karl Barth am Montagnachmittag mit dem erhobenen Zeigefinger eines Baseler Professors prophezeit hat, dass es falsch ist, dass es genau anders herum sein müsste: erst „Gottes Heilsplan“ und dann „die Unordnung der Welt“?

Tell me, how can you seriously engage with the theme of this assembly - “Man’s Disorder and God’s Design” - if on Monday afternoon Karl Barth, shaking a Basel Herr Professor finger prophesied that it is wrong, it should be the other way round, “God’s Design” first and only then “Man’s Disorder”?

Díganme, ¿cómo pueden involucrarse seriamente en el tema de esta asamblea – “El desorden del hombre y el designio de Dios”– si el lunes de tarde Karl Barth, sacudiendo el dedo índice, el Herr Professor de Basilea, profetizó que era erróneo y que debería plantearse en sentido contrario, es decir, primero el designio de Dios y solo después el desorden del hombre?

Comment pourrait-on aborder sérieusement le thème de cette Assemblée, «Le désordre humain et le dessein de Dieu», quand ce lundi après-midi Karl Barth agite un doigt de Herr Professor à la bâloise, arguant qu’il y avait erreur et que l’ordre devait être inversé: «Le dessein de Dieu» d’abord, puis seulement «le désordre humain»?