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With a historic show of unity, Ethiopian churches meeting at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey made the decision to establish a council of churches in their country.

Bei der Debatte über Menschenrechte und Geburtsfisteln während der 52. Sitzung des UNO-Menschenrechtsrates rief der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) zusammen mit seinen ökumenischen Partnern die Regierungen dazu auf, der Prävention von Geburtsfisteln in ihren Maßnahmen, Strategien und Budgets mehr Bedeutung einzuräumen.

During the debate on human rights and obstetric fistula at the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, the World Council of Churches (WCC) with its ecumenical partners called upon governments to pay more attention to the prevention of obstetric fistula in their policies, strategic plans, and budgets.

To accompany the churches and people of Sudan in the midst of significant changes and challenges in the country, a delegation of World Council of Churches (WCC) along with its ecumenical partners is undertaking an ecumenical solidarity visit to Sudan.

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, one of the people who followed in the footsteps of Desmond Tutu as archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa announced the death of “the Arch” as he was affectionately known on 26 December, fittingly celebrated in South Africa as the “Day of Goodwill.”

Today the world joins in mourning the passing of a towering figure in the struggle for freedom and for human dignity and rights.

Das 58. Treffen der Kommission der Kirchen für internationale Angelegenheiten (CCIA) des Ökumenischen Rats der Kirchen (ÖRK), das im Jahr des 75-jährigen Bestehens der Kommission Vertreter in Johannesburg und online zusammenbrachte,  stellte zum Abschluss fest, dass diese seit der letzten ÖRK-Vollversammlung in Busan das Engagement der Kirchen in vielen für die Welt kritischen Bereichen unterstützt habe.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) has facilitated churches’ engagement in a wide range of critical issues of the world since the last WCC Assembly in Busan, concluded the 58th meeting of the WCC CCIA, gathering church representatives in Johannesburg and online in the 75th anniversary year of the Commission’s creation.

Mit dem Klang südafrikanischer Trommeln zur Begrüßung begann diese Woche in Johannesburg die 58. Tagung der Kommission der Kirchen für internationale Angelegenheiten des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen. Auf der Tagung wird die Arbeit der Kommission zwischen zwei ÖRK-Vollversammlungen auf den Prüfstand gestellt, und es wird über das Engagement der Kirchen für wichtige Themen unserer heutigen Zeit diskutiert.

With the welcoming sound of South African drums, the 58th meeting of the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) began this week in Johannesburg, reviewing the work of the commission between two WCC assemblies and discussing the churches’ engagement in critical issues of the world today.

The WCC’s Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) will meet on 2-6 November in Johannesburg and online, reviewing its work between the two WCC assemblies and preparing for the upcoming WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany.

A 12 July statement from the South African Council of Churches notes with deep concern the violence and destruction of property that is engulfing the nation. “This violence is resulting in untold suffering,” the statement reads.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is celebrating the life of Rev. Canon Clement Janda, an ecumenical visionary known as a liberation icon and a listening ear for all.

World Council of Churches (WCC) interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca sent a congratulatory message to Bernard Munono Muyembe for receiving the John Paul II International Prize.

After hearing about death threats against Nobel laureate Dr Denis Mukwege, physician director of Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Council of Churches (WCC) urged UN officials to call upon the government to ensure the protection of the life of Mukwege.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the death of Rev. Prof. Dr Mary-Anne Plaatjies van Huffel, a South African pastor and academic who was currently serving as the WCC president from Africa since 2013. She passed away on 19 May.