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ÖRK-Exekutivausschuss veröffentlicht Erklärung zur Rolle der Kirche während der COVID-19-Pandemie

Der Exekutivausschuss des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen hat in einer öffentlichen Erklärung auf die Rolle der Kirchen im Kontext der COVID-19-Pandemie verwiesen. Liebe, Standhaftigkeit, Hoffnung und Mut stehen im Mittelpunkt dieser Erklärung, die auch auf die Schäden eingeht, die COVID in den vergangenen fünf Monaten verursacht hat, und beschreibt, wie die Kirchen Zeichen der Hoffnung setzen können.

El Comité Ejecutivo del CMI emite una declaración sobre el papel de las iglesias durante la pandemia de COVID-19

El Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha emitido una declaración pública sobre el papel de las iglesias en el contexto de la COVID-19. Centrada en el amor, la firmeza, la esperanza y el coraje, la declaración reflexiona sobre los daños causados por la COVID-19 durante los últimos cinco meses y sobre cómo las iglesias pueden infundir esperanza.

Catching the moment

Will the COVID-19 pandemic be remembered as a time when everything changed, as a unique moment in history that all can personally relate to? It has already changed a lot for many – while many people have been hit very hard, almost all have faced totally new situations, having to adopt new daily routines, think differently.

Is a new world being revealed through this pandemic?

How humans relate to nature has been a constant theme for many centuries now. Many throughout the world, especially indigenous peoples, have long respected, even honoured the relationship between nature and human beings. In recent years, various movements have risen, focused especially on the urgency of the climate change crises.

Sustainable Environment: churches in action - a NCCI/WCC webinar

04 June 2020

The theme for World Environment Day, 5 June 2020 is biodiversity — a call to action to combat the accelerating species loss and degradation of the natural world. One million plant and animal species risk extinction, largely due to human activities. According to the WWF, Humanity has wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970.

Churches amplify urgent calls to address violent racism in US

As protests erupted in more than 30 cities across the US in the wake of the death of George Floyd, churches in the US collectively expressed anger combined with a clarion call for a change—once and for all—in a nation that has tolerated violent racism for too long.