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Eight churches - from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean region - have been received into the fellowship of the World Council of Churches (WCC), but the total number of the Council membership increased only from 342 to 347, since other member churches have either merged or applied for joint membership.

Ocho iglesias - de Asia, África, América Latina y la región del Caribe – fueron recibidas en la comunidad fraternal del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), sin embargo el número total de iglesias miembros del Consejo aumentó de 342 a 347, ya que otras iglesias miembro o bien se unieron o solicitaron membresía conjunta.

by Friedrich Degenhardt (*)

Por Friedrich Degenhardt (*)

Ecumenical agencies and churches working in the field of relief and development have called for the creation of a new international alliance of church-related organizations to address issues of poverty and injustice, provisionally named "ACT Global".

by Henrike Müller (*)

The launch of an ecumenically-sponsored TV documentary on illegitimate debt and a call to take part in a Global Week of Action on Trade next April were among the highlights of a seminar on "Moving further on illegitimate debt" held during the fifth World Social Forum in Porto Alegre on 30 January 2005.

> WCC Central Committee meeting

<span style=""» Reunión del Comité Central del CMI

Calling it a "significant event in contemporary Africa," World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia hailed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed on 9 January 2005 by the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SLPA/SPLM).