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Twenty-four students and seven teachers from the Focolare Movement joined the World Council of Churches (WCC) for Ash Wednesday prayer services, and for an introduction to the ecumenical movement. 

In a letter of solidarity to churches and all people throughout Germany, Belgium, Austria and the Netherlands, the moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee Dr Agnes Abuom and WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca extended condolences and concern for those who lost loved ones during the severe flooding that struck the region in mid-July.

“We all miss community. But young people miss community a bit more. Our vibrant social lives before the pandemic were replaced by a reality of countless days alone at home.”

Maria Sonnleithner was reflecting on young people whose mental health has been at risk amid COVID-19, even as the strain on the caring adults and churches in their lives has grown exponentially as well.

After 157 people perished when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed on 10 March soon after taking off near Addis Ababa, the World Council of Churches expressed deep sympathy and extended prayers for those who lost loved ones.

Tras el fallecimiento de 157 personas al estrellarse un avión de Ethiopian Airlines el 10 de marzo cerca de Addis Abeba poco después de despegar, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) expresó su profundo pesar y ofreció sus oraciones a quienes perdieron seres queridos.

As an observance of the centenary of the end of World War I, the board of the European peace church network Church and Peace publicly called for active remembrance through nonviolence, pointing to the Gospel as a basis for this call.

In a lecture that opened a summer course offered by the foundation Pro Oriente in Vienna, Austria, on 9 July, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit commemorated the WCC’s 70-year history and described its ongoing Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace.

En la conferencia que inauguraba el 9 de julio el curso de verano ofrecido por la fundación Pro Oriente en Viena (Austria), el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, conmemoró los setenta años de la historia del CMI y describió su actual peregrinación de justicia y paz.

Unity among religious leaders is growing and it is a powerful message of hope in the Arab region, Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders have heard at a Vienna conference on peaceful coexistence and diversity, whilst advocating the necessity of even more dialogue.

La unidad entre los líderes religiosos se está fortaleciendo y es un poderoso mensaje de esperanza para la región árabe que ha llegado a los líderes cristianos, judíos y musulmanes presentes en una conferencia sobre la coexistencia pacífica y la diversidad que ha tenido lugar en Viena, aunque se ha destacado la necesidad de más diálogo.

An “Interreligious Dialogue for Peace, Promoting Peaceful Coexistence & Common Citizenship” in Vienna on 26 February is creating a first-ever joint action plan for Arab religious leaders to lead the way in repairing the divisions created by extremists, and rebuilding social cohesion and common citizenship in the Arab region.

El “Diálogo Interreligioso por la Paz, la Promoción de la Coexistencia Pacífica y la Ciudadanía Común” celebrado en Viena el 26 de febrero pone en marcha el primer plan de acción conjunto para que los dirigentes religiosos árabes muestren el camino para reparar las divisiones creadas por los extremistas y reconstruir la cohesión social y la ciudadanía común en la región árabe.

Young adults from more than 60 countries gathered in Basel for the 40th annual Taizé European Meeting of Young Adults from 28 December - 1 January. As part of a new stage of the Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth, the meeting took place for the first time in a tri-national region (Switzerland, Germany, France).

Jóvenes de más de 60 países se reunieron en Basilea para celebrar el 40° Encuentro Europeo de Jóvenes de Taizé, del 28 de diciembre al 1 de enero. Como parte de una nueva etapa de la Peregrinación de confianza a través la Tierra, la reunión tuvo lugar por primera vez en una región trinacional (Suiza, Alemania, Francia).

ICAN campaigners in Oslo for the Nobel Peace Prize award were busy the day before planning for what comes next. ”Tomorrow we will have to be silent so let’s make a lot of noise today,” a facilitator told some 150 activists and supporters of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.