The World Council of Churches (WCC) is celebrating the life of Rev. Canon Clement Janda, an ecumenical visionary known as a liberation icon and a listening ear for all.
Brought together by the South Sudan Council of Churches, women and men are sharing the pain of many years of war and associated gender-based violence in a series of workshops in Kenya and Burundi.
South Sudan is in crisis again. People are suffering. There is no food. The situation is very urgent, according to the latest news from church leaders in South Sudan, says Dr Nigussu Legesse, WCC programme executive for South Sudan.
With increasing violence and growing crowds of people seeking protection, urgent action and support from the ecumenical community is needed in South Sudan as the country teeters on the brink of a humanitarian crisis.
Der ÖRK-Exekutivausschuss hat auf seiner Tagung vom 8. - 13. Juni die alarmierende Situation im Südsudan erörtert. Nach wie vor werden dort Menschen ermordet, vergewaltigt, vertrieben und gefoltert. Berichten zufolge verschlechtert sich die humanitäre Lage im Land zusehends.
The WCC Executive Committee discussed at their meeting 8-12 June, in Armenia, the alarming situation in South Sudan where people continue to be killed, raped, displaced and tortured. The humanitarian situation is reported to be deteriorating.
The “pilgrimage is both a way to continue working for the one ecumenical movement and a way to move forward in our times that offer new dimensions, opportunities and practices,” said the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.
Der Zentralausschuss des ÖRK, das höchste Leitungsgremium der Organisation, hat vom Thema „Pilgerweg der Gerechtigkeit und des Friedens“ inspiriert die Ausrichtung der Arbeit des ÖRK von 2014 bis 2017 festgelegt.
Inspired by the theme “pilgrimage of justice and peace”, the Central Committee of the WCC, a chief governing body of the Council, has set directions for the work of the Council from 2014 to 2017.