Le recteur iranien Ayatollah M. Seyyed Abolhassan Nawab et Mme Zahra Sedigh, de la mission iranienne auprès des Nations Unies, ont visité le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le 27 juillet, pour évoquer l’éducation et la formation ainsi que l’importance du renforcement du rôle de la coopération interreligieuse.
Iranian rector Ayatollah M. Seyyed Abolhassan Nawab and Ms Zahra Sedigh, from the Iranian Mission to the UN,visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 27 July, discussing education and formation, as well as the importance of strengthening the role of interreligious cooperation.
Une vague mondiale d'hommages et de condoléances déferle lors d'un service commémoratif afin de célébrer la chanoine Agnes Regina Murei Abuom comme une chrétienne audacieuse, une pèlerine de la paix et une meneuse œcuménique.
Amidst a global outpouring, tributes and condolences at a memorial service, Canon Dr Agnes Regina Murei Abuom was celebrated as bold Christian, peacemaker, and resolute ecumenist.
At an Anglican Church in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, rhymes, children’s songs, and noises in a school are constant reminder of Dr Agnes Regina Murei Abuom, the global ecumenist and peacemaker who died on 31 May at age 73.
Agnes Abuom, meneuse œcuménique très appréciée et inlassable défenseuse de la paix, est décédée à l’âge de 73 ans au Kenya des suites d’une courte maladie.
Le secrétaire général nouvellement élu du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) estime qu’avoir grandi en Afrique du Sud, pendant une période de conflit et de souffrance, lui sera très utile lorsqu’il prendra ses fonctions à la tête de l’organisation œcuménique, en janvier, en tant que leader convaincu de la valeur du dialogue.
The general secretary-elect of the World Council of Churches (WCC) believes that growing up during a period of conflict and suffering in South Africa will stand him in good stead when he takes up his position as the head of the ecumenical body in January as a leader who believes in dialogue.
The churches of Sudan – and especially the Sudan Council of Churches as their ecumenical forum – have suffered from a serious lack of attention and support by international ecumenical partners since the separation of South Sudan in 2011.
To accompany the churches and people of Sudan in the midst of significant changes and challenges in the country, a delegation of World Council of Churches (WCC) along with its ecumenical partners is undertaking an ecumenical solidarity visit to Sudan.
At the end of a 9 February press conference — which followed a long day of videoconference meetings — Dr Agnes Abuom and Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauce fielded a surprise question: what first got them involved in the ecumenical movement?
His Eminence Paulino Lukudu, Catholic archbishop emeritus of Juba, South Sudan, passed away on 5 April, leaving many in mourning for a religious leader widely regarded as an anchor amid conflict and a beacon of hope.
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.
Leaders of the ecumenical movement in Africa, religious leaders, Christians, and people of good will are mourning Arthur Ndengerio Shoo, a long-serving ecumenical leader, who died on 26 February.
Les Nouvelles du COE ont rencontré en ligne Mme Agnes Abuom, modératrice du Comité central du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, et elle nous fait part de ses réflexions sur l’impact de COVID-19, sur ce qui lui donne de l’espoir et sur l’avenir du mouvement œcuménique.
WCC News met online with Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee, and she offers reflections on the impact of COVID-19, what gives her hope, and the future of the ecumenical movement.
As this year’s olive harvest season in the Holy Land comes to an end, the WCC airs a closing webinar, entitled “Uprooting identities or planting just peace?”
During a solidarity visit to South Sudan, a delegation from the All Africa Conference of Churches urged all parties in South Sudan to pursue peace even amid challenges.
With the annual olive harvest season in the Holy Land soon to draw to a close, the WCC convenes a webinar on the topic ’Uprooting Identities or Planting Just Peace?’ on 2 December.