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The United Church of Canada has launched the “Korea Peace Appeal Ten Thousand Signature Campaign” that declares, “70 years is enough. It’s time to end the Korean War.”

Rev. Prof. Dr Fernando Enns, on behalf of the World Council of Churches (WCC), presented a prayer in an interfaith setting during the 7th Global Interreligious Conference on Article 9 of the Japanese Peace Constitution, held 9 March in Okinawa.

Las islas del Pacífico experimentan los impactos duraderos de 50 años de pruebas nucleares y la región se ha vuelto el punto caliente del mundo en lo que se refiere al cambio climático supo la Comisión de las Iglesias para Asuntos Internacionales (CIAI) del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en su reunión de esta semana en Brisbane, Australia.

Erich Weingartner, who previously helped lead the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, has also represented CanKor, a Canadian interactive resource on North Korea. From the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, he was also founding head of the Food Aid Liaison Unit of the World Food Programme.

Erich Weingartner, quien anteriormente ha participado en la dirección de la Comisión de las Iglesias para Asuntos Internacionales del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), también ha representado a CanKor, un recurso interactivo canadiense sobre Corea del Norte. Desde la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en Canadá, fue asimismo fundador y director de la Dependencia de Enlace de la Ayuda Alimentaria del Programa Mundial de Alimentos.

A war erupted on the Korean Peninsula 70 years ago that divided Korea and that has yet to end. So, the world’s churches have launched a “70 Days of Prayers - Global Prayer Campaign” for peace.

Une guerre a éclaté sur la péninsule coréenne il y a 70 ans, qui a divisé la Corée et n’est toujours pas finie. C’est pourquoi des Églises du monde entier ont lancé la campagne : «70 jours de prière – Campagne mondiale pour la paix».

Fourteen church leaders and activists from Canada, India, Indonesia, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States, embarked on a Pilgrim Team Visit to the Philippines from 9-13 August. They listened, learned and bore witness to the escalating human rights crisis in the country. The visit was convened by the World Council of Churches in partnership with the National Council of Churches in the Philippines.

The fourth Asia Mission Conference began yesterday in Yangon, Myanmar.

As the recent developments of nuclear weapons and increased tensions between United States and North Korea leaders can bring the world to the brink of war, churches around the world are calling for bilateral dialogue, expressing their commitment to peace and nonviolent resolution.

À la lumière des progrès récents de l’armement nucléaire et de l’aggravation des tensions entre les dirigeants des États-Unis et de la Corée du Nord qui pourraient conduire la planète au bord de la guerre, les Églises du monde entier appellent à un dialogue bilatéral, exprimant ainsi leur attachement à la paix et à la résolution non violente du conflit.

As a WCC-convened forum on peace on the Korean Peninsula came to a close, participants from around the world, representing many churches, vowed to work together in accompanying the Christians of North and South Korea in their efforts for peace, reconciliation, and development.

Around 60 participants from Christian churches all over the world gathered in Beit Sahour for peace consultations two weeks ago.

An economic system based on over-consumption and greed has become firmly rooted in today’s world and it is high time to change this paradigm by working for a new financial and economic architecture. The WCC together with the WCRC now convenes a first ever Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management for an Economy of Life, in Hong Kong SAR.

Le monde actuel est régi par un système économique s’appuyant sur la surconsommation et la cupidité et il est grand temps de changer ce paradigme en œuvrant pour une nouvelle architecture financière et économique. Le COE réunit en ce moment à Hong Kong, en collaboration avec la CMER, la toute première École œcuménique de gouvernance, d’économie et de gestion pour une économie de la vie.

Journeying from urban centres and small Pacific islands, mountain ranges and rural towns, more than 170 Indigenous people gathered this week at the mouth of the river that flows from traditional Sami lands. Their conference, “Reconciliation Processes and Indigenous Peoples: Truth, Healing and Transformation,” brought together representatives of more than two dozen Indigenous societies in connection with the WCC Central Committee meetings in Trondheim, Norway.