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No time has been wasted since May last year when the 14th General Assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) mandated its newly elected executive committee to reorganize CCA’ s programme structure. In October, after five months as its new general secretary, Dr Mathews George Chunakara could present a new strategic plan focused on four programme areas with clear priorities outlined.

On Sunday 19 June a suicide bomber attacked an Assyrian genocide commemoration event in the al-Wusta district of Qamishli, Syria, in which Patriarch Aphrem II Karim of the Syriac Orthodox Church was presiding. The attacker was prevented from entering the venue of the event, but detonated his bomb, killing himself and three members of the security forces and wounding five

The Christian Conference of Asia has condemned police brutality against farmers in Mindanao, Philippines. The CCA spoke out against “the violent response and shootings by the police on farmers in the Philippines” and expressed solidarity with the leadership of the United Methodist Church in its continuing protection of some 6,000 farmers and tribal leaders who are threatened by violence from the Philippine National Police.

A bomb attack by terrorists using the name of religion in Lahore on Easter Sunday marked the third time Christians have been targeted in Pakistan in three years, illustrating the vulnerability of people in the country.

Un atentado terrorista con bomba perpetrado en nombre de la religión en Lahore, el Domingo de Pascua, ha sido el tercer atentado dirigido contra los cristianos en Paquistán en tres años, poniendo en evidencia cuán vulnerable es la población del país.

L'attentat à la bombe perpétré le dimanche de Pâques par des terroristes au nom de la religion, à Lahore, est la troisième attaque en trois ans visant des chrétiens dans ce pays, ce qui manifeste la vulnérabilité des personnes au Pakistan.

The ecumenical movement is mourning the passing on 27 December in Thiruvananthapuram, India of His Eminence the Rt Rev. Dr Zacharias Mar Theophilus, Suffragan Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church.

Organisiert von seiner Heimatkirche, der Syrischen Mar-Thoma-Kirche in Indien, wurde am 31. August der 100. Geburtstag des verstorbenen ökumenischen Leiters und indischen Theologen Dr. M. M. Thomas (1916 - 1996) in Form eines Seminars in seinem Heimatstaat Kerala, Indien, begangen. Die Teilnehmenden erinnerten sich an Thomas' bedeutenden Beitrag zur ökumenischen Bewegung.

The centenary of the birth of the late ecumenical leader and Indian theologian Dr M.M. Thomas (1916–1996) was celebrated in a seminar at his home state in Kerala, India.

El centenario del nacimiento del dirigente ecuménico y teólogo indio Dr. M. M. Thomas (1916-1996) se celebró el 31 de agosto con un seminario en su estado natal de Kerala que fue organizado por su iglesia, la Iglesia Siria Mar Thoma de la India. Los participantes rindieron tributo a la importante contribución de Thomas al movimiento ecuménico.

En Inde, l’Église syrienne Mar Thoma a célébré le centenaire de la naissance de l’un de ses plus éminents représentants, le responsable œcuménique et théologien indien M.M. Thomas (1916-1996), lors d’un séminaire organisé dans son État de naissance, le Kerala, le 31 août. Les participantes et participants ont rendu hommage à la remarquable contribution de M.M. Thomas au mouvement œcuménique.

The life and ministry of Tony Waworuntu from the Protestant Church in Western Indonesia, was fondly remembered by the WCC general secretary. Waworuntu passed away at the age 63 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

When Rev. Rex Reyes leaves as Christian Conference of Asia president of clergy after two general assemblies and one term as president, the organization loses a humble and very articulate man firmly rooted in the faith.

Dr A. George Ninan, an ecumenical leader of international standing and a long-time pastor and diocesan bishop in the Church of North India, passed away in New York City on 21 June at the age of 80. Called by some “the radical voice of the voiceless”, throughout his ministry he organized for the poor, oppressed and outcast in India and, in retirement, continued as a church and community volunteer in the USA.