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Le 29 janvier, le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du COE, a encouragé la communauté internationale à ne pas soutenir la proposition présentée par M. Trump, président des États-Unis, et M. Nétanyahou, premier ministre israélien, pour la division de la Palestine et d’Israël, un plan conçu sans réelle participation du peuple palestinien.

The South Sudan Council of Churches in its Christmas message calls for peace among communities in South Sudan and respect towards the ethnic differences. Christmastime is a time for justice, peace, healing and reconciliation, the message reflects.

Even as international tension mounts, religious leaders from North and South Korea renewed their exchange during a December meeting that kept the push for peace alive. Members of the Steering Committee of the Ecumenical Forum for Peace, Reunification and Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula – including delegations from the Korean Christian Federation (KCF) of North Korea and of the National Council of Churches in South Korea (NCCK) – met in Shenyang, China, on 2-3 December 2019.

While lighting candles at a gathering of the All Africa Conference of Churches in Nairobi, church leaders, members of the civil society and youth on Monday launched Thursdays in Black, the global movement calling for resistance to attitudes and practices that permit rape and violence.

Unveiling the campaign, Archbishop Timothy Ndambuki, an African Brotherhood Church leader who is the chairman of the National Council of Churches of Kenya, urged churches to hear and give compassion to women suffering violence without asking questions.

At an event entitled “The role of religions in settling conflicts,” held on 7 November in Geneva, peace-builders spoke out on the necessity of expanding the space for resolving conflict through dialogue and negotiation.The event, held as part of Geneva Peace Week, was organized by the Permanent Observer Mission in Geneva of the Sovereign Order of Malta in collaboration with the Permanent Missions of Azerbaijan, Lebanon, the Holy See, the World Council of Churches (WCC), and the International Catholic Migration Commission.

Offering a keynote speech during the 68th General Assembly of the National Council of Churches in Korea in Seoul, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit reflected on the assembly theme, “Walk the Path of the New Commandment,” based on John’s account of Jesus’ last supper with his disciples.

Le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, a prononcé un discours liminaire lors de la 68e Assemblée générale du Conseil national des Églises de Corée, à Séoul, sur le thème de l’Assemblée, «Marcher sur le chemin du nouveau commandement», basé sur le récit par Jean du dernier repas que Jésus a fait avec ses disciples.

Twenty-seven young people from 11 countries across Asia officially began the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The school will run from 4-17 November, exploring water, food, and climate justice.

Religions for Peace is the world's largest and most representative multi-religious coalition, and as in other multi-faith groups, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its ecumenical family figure strongly in its leadership bodies.

«Religions pour la paix» (Religions for Peace) est la coalition multireligieuse la plus importante et la plus représentative au monde et, à l’instar d’autres groupes multiconfessionnels, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) et sa famille œcuménique sont très présents dans ses instances dirigeantes.

Observed on 13-20 October, the WCC Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance invites churches around the world again to a Churches’ Week of Action on Food, an opportunity to pray, reflect and take action together, for food justice across the globe.

Du 13 au 20 octobre 2019, l’Alliance œcuménique «agir ensemble» du COE invite une nouvelle fois les Églises du monde entier à une Semaine d’action des Églises pour l’alimentation – une occasion de prier, de réfléchir et d’agir ensemble en faveur de la justice alimentaire à travers le monde.

Ethiopians have celebrated the annual festival of the Meskel (which means “cross” in Amharic), marking the finding of the “true cross” on which Jesus Christ was supposedly crucified. The festival is one of the major religious celebrations of the Orthodox Church in the Horn of Africa country. The main national feast - which occurs on 27 or 28 September - is held at Meskel Square in the capital Addis Abba.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se forme auprès de ses Églises membres et autres partenaires sur la réalité du racisme, de la discrimination et de la xénophobie autour du monde, a déclaré Peter Prove, directeur des affaires internationales du COE, lors d’une réunion aux Nations Unies à Genève.

Directeur de la Commission des Églises pour les affaires internationales du COE, Peter Prove parlait le 17 septembre lors d’un événement parallèle organisé pendant le 42e Conseil des droits de l’homme de l’ONU, qui se tient du 9 au 27 septembre au Palais des Nations.

Salpy Eskidjian Weiderud, leader of the Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process, received an International Religious Freedom Award from the US Department of State on 17 July. She paused to speak with WCC Communication with a word about what has inspired her life’s work for peace.