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El Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), reunido del 17 al 20 de mayo, marcó un tono de esperanza para el futuro mientras, al mismo tiempo, abordó múltiples crisis mundiales con declaraciones, mensajes pastorales y llamados a la oración.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, convening from 17-20 May, set a tone of hope for the future while, at the same time, addressing multiple global crises with statements, pastoral messages, and calls for prayer.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, ACT Alianza, la Federación Luterana Mundial, la Comunión Mundial de Iglesias Reformadas, la Comunión Anglicana, el Consejo Metodista Mundial, el Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano y la Asociación Mundial para la Comunicación Cristiana instan al presidente de Colombia, Iván Duque Márquez, en una carta enviada el 18 de mayo, a detener la espiral de violencia que está causando un terrible daño a la población civil.

The World Council of Churches, ACT Alliance, Lutheran World Federation, World Communion of Reformed Churches, Anglican Communion, World Methodist Council, Latin American Episcopal Council and World Association for Christian Communication, in a letter sent 18 May, urged Colombian president Iván Duque Marquéz to stop the spiral of violence that is doing terrible harm to the civilian population.

Damaris, a Nigerian woman, described her experience of 2020: “We’ve gone through hell.”

Damaris and her sisters were kidnapped in March 2020 and threatened with death as their kidnappers demanded money. Her father had to sell everything and beg on the streets to meet their demands. “We are just a common people in Nigeria,” she said. “We don’t know what we did.”

A webinar hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 26 November will explore “Conflict Zones and Covid-19: A call to compassion.” Speakers from Cameroon, Nigeria, South Sudan, Lebanon, Belarus and Colombia will offer their insights on how conflict exacerbates the conditions for contracting and treating COVID-19 among civilians caught in the crossfire, especially women.

Providing migrants and refugees a platform to share their concerns, challenges, and aspirations not only helps them, but also addresses xenophobia and helps build bridges with host communities, participants at a recent conference found.