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As the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity opened on 18 January, a special prayer held at the Ecumenical Centre and online delved deeply into questions about love for our neighbor.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order Commission is convening for its first full online meeting on 27 and 29 November, and 1 and 4 December, following an introductory meeting held in September. 

Forty retired World Council of Churches (WCC) staff gathered at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey on 22 August to celebrate the WCC’s 75th anniversary and to receive greetings and reflections from WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay.

In a public statement released by the leadership of the WCC central committee, the WCC encourages continued advocacy, “with Indigenous Peoples and on their behalf in defence of their human rights, to protect the use of human rights language, to promote Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination and the right to participate in the decision making process within churches and in society.”

Alors que le groupe de travail sur le climat du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se réunit ce mois-ci, l’organe consultatif veut proposer les fruits de son travail pour alimenter la réflexion et, plus important encore, stimuler l’action à la 11^e Assemblée du COE à Karlsruhe. Ci-après, le pasteur Henrik Grape, conseiller principal pour la création, la durabilité et la justice climatique, confie ses réflexions sur la justice climatique en amont de la prochaine Assemblée, mais aussi au-delà.

Louk Andrianos, consultant du COE pour le souci de la création, la durabilité et la justice climatique, revient sur la 11^e Assemblée du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) et dit son espoir qu’elle donnera au monde une chance de se réconcilier avec toute notre création.

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) Climate Working Group meets this month, the advisory body is looking forward to offering the fruits of its work for reflection and, most important, action at the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe. Below, Rev. Henrik Grape, senior advisor on Care for Creation, Sustainability, and Climate Justice, reflects on climate justice work in the lead-up to the assembly and beyond.

Dr Louk Andrianos, WCC consultant on the Care for Creation, Sustainability and Climate Justice, reflects below on his hopes that the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly will present the world with a chance to reconcile with our whole creation.

On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, being observed 9 August with a UN virtual commemoration, the World Council of Churches (WCC) reiterated its commitment to partnering with Indigenous Peoples to renew creation.

The Joint Report of the Ecumenical Indigenous Peoples Network Reference Group and the Working Group on Climate Change of the World Council of Churches (WCC) affirmed the integral and pivotal role Indigenous Peoples have in shaping an alternative path of being in the right relationship with the whole of Creation.

Encourageant la communauté fraternelle du COE dans son appel permanent à la vie de disciple, le Comité central du COE a recommandé aux églises membres du COE le document « Appelé à la transformation – Diaconie œcuménique et addenda ».

Encouraging the WCC fellowship in its ongoing call to discipleship together, the WCC central committee commended to WCC member churches the document “Called to Transformation—Ecumenical Diakonia and Addendums.”