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The Pacific Conference of Churches is calling for “less talk and more action” that supports the resilience of Pacific communities affected by climate change at COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the death of Most Rev. Fereimi Cama, bishop of Polynesia and primate of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Cama was also a trustee of the Pacific Conference of Churches.

The fourth edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice will be held 18-24 January 2021 in the Pacific region in five countries (Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, Tuvalu & Solomon Islands).

God’s creation groans in the Amazon forest, a sacred space for 34 million people suffering from the growth of inequality, land invasion, extractivism, relaxation of environmental laws, criminalization and murder of its defenders, and arson orchestrated by agribusiness—all of it made worse by proselytizing.

La création de Dieu gémit dans la forêt amazonienne, un espace sacré pour 34 millions de personnes souffrant de la croissance des inégalités, de l’invasion des terres, de l’extractivisme, de l’assouplissement des lois environnementales, de la criminalisation et du meurtre de ses défenseurs, et des incendies volontaires orchestrés par l’agribusiness – le tout aggravé par le prosélytisme.

Applications are open to young people for participation in a June 2020 World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Continuing Formation seminar. To be held in Tonga, the seminar will focus on transformative masculinity and femininity.

The deadline for applications is 20 March.

Les jeunes peuvent désormais déposer leur candidature pour participer à un séminaire de formation œcuménique continue organisé par le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) en juin 2020. Il aura lieu à Tonga et portera sur la masculinité et la féminité transformatrices.

La date limite d'envoi des candidatures est fixée au 20 mars.

The pre-launch of the Lenten campaign “Seven Weeks for Water” was held in Suva, Fiji, on 21 January, under the theme “A Pilgrimage of Water Justice in the Pacific Region.” In 2020, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace has a regional focus in the Pacific region.

Le pré-lancement de la campagne de carême «Sept semaines pour l’eau» s’est déroulé à Suva (Fidji) le 21 janvier, sur le thème «Un pèlerinage de justice de l’eau dans le Pacifique». En 2020, le Pèlerinage de justice et de paix du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) met l’accent sur le Pacifique.

“The Pacific Conference of Churches welcomes you on board our ecumenical canoe, as we sail and voyage together beyond the fringing reefs and rocks of the many issues that affect us here in the Pacific and globally, and set sail with our eyes firmly fixed on the island of hope,” said Rev. Dr James Bhagwan, Pacific Conference of Churches general secretary as he welcomed participants of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace to Fiji, on 20 January.

Turtles, both in the Caribbean and elsewhere, are becoming increasingly confused. Their main prey of jelly fish doesn’t taste the same nowadays and is much more difficult to digest. Often, turtles die after having ingested plastic bags they thought were jelly fish.

Les tortues, des Caraïbes ou d’ailleurs, perdent de plus en plus le Nord. Leur principale proie, la méduse, n’a plus le même goût ces derniers temps, il est aussi plus difficile de la digérer. Bien souvent, les tortues meurent après avoir ingéré des sacs en plastique qu’elles avaient pris pour des méduses.