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Leaders and other representatives of Anglican churches throughout the world have gathered from 8 through 19 April for the 16th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) in Lusaka, Zambia. Participants are celebrating good news of faithful ministries within the communion, while exploring tensions among its provinces, especially over issues of sexual ethics on which Christians disagree.

Faith-based organizations presented significant input at a 6 April United Nations civil society hearing in New York City, a prelude to a UN High Level Meeting on HIV in New York on 8-10 June.

Varias organizaciones religiosas presentaron importantes aportaciones en la audiencia de la sociedad civil que tuvo lugar el 6 de abril en Nueva York, como antesala a la Reunión de Alto Nivel de las Naciones Unidas sobre el VIH/SIDA que se celebrará del 8 al 10 de junio también en Nueva York.

During a solidarity visit to Burundi 1-4 March, the World Council of Churches and the All Africa Conference of Churches sent a “Peace Message” urging all parties in Burundi to promote national unity, healing and reconciliation.

Durante una visita solidaria a Burundi del 1 al 4 de marzo, el CMI y la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda África enviaron un “Mensaje de paz” en el que instan a todas las partes en Burundi a promover la unidad nacional, la sanación y la reconciliación.

Commemorating the Armenian Genocide of 1915-23 was to have been the principal focus of the service of Sunday morning prayer on 15 November in the cathedral church of Saint-Pierre at the summit of Geneva’s old town. Following terror attacks in Beirut and Paris killing and wounding hundreds of civilians over the preceding days, the prayers of the Protestant Church of Geneva and the WCC Executive Committee took on a new dimension.

La conmemoración del Genocidio Armenio de 1915-1923 iba a ser el tema central del servicio de oración de la mañana del 15 de noviembre en la iglesia catedral de San Pedro, ubicada en la cima del casco antiguo de Ginebra. Tras los ataques terroristas de los días precedentes en Beirut y París, en los que cientos de civiles fueron asesinados o heridos, las oraciones de la Iglesia Protestante de Ginebra y el Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias tomaron otra dimensión.

“Stigma, discrimination, lack of access to information and appropriate prevention measures aggravate the spread of HIV and AIDS,” says Samuel Matsikure, who participated in a dialogue sponsored by Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy of the WCC.

“El estigma, la discriminación y la falta de acceso a la información y medidas de prevención adecuadas intensifican la propagación del VIH y el SIDA”, dice Samuel Matsikure, que participó en un diálogo sobre el VIH celebrado en Zimbabwe el pasado mes de julio con el patrocinio de Iniciativas Ecuménicas y Acción Mundial sobre el VIH y el SIDA del CMI.

“Christianity is not about big preaching, it’s about how you can impact somebody and add value,” says Nigerian ecumenical leader Rev. Dr Ibrahim Yusuf Wushishi, who leads a huge grouping of churches in Africa’s most populous nation.

Key stakeholders in a new inter-religious centre in Nigeria have met to plan for the centre and its work, set to launch in March 2016.

“The guns have to go silent, so that people have the time to reflect, heal and move forward toward a path of peace,” said Fr James Oyet Latansio, general secretary of the South Sudan Council of Churches.

Despite significant steps taken by the Kenyan government, coordinator of the WCC Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network Dr Samuel Kabue says that “more needs to be done” so that people with disability can enjoy their rights.

A WCC ecumenical training programme recently held in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, prepared 30 young Congolese to be peace-builders amidst the reality of conflict and the backdrop of upcoming elections in the country.

A new initiative titled Ecumenical Institute for the Middle East is “promising and inspiring” in its attempt to train young Christians in ecumenical thought and history, according to Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC.

The World Council of Churches and the All Africa Conference of Churches have expressed their profound concern over reports of widespread and violent demonstrations in the nation of Burundi. The fellowship of churches represented by these bodies is alarmed at the recent violent clashes in relation to forthcoming presidential elections.

El CMI y la Conferencia de Iglesias de toda África (AACC) han expresado su profunda preocupación por las recientes noticias de manifestaciones violentas generalizadas en la nación de Burundi.

A prayer service paying tribute to the Ethiopian Christians killed by the Islamic State last week was organized in Geneva, Switzerland, by the WCC and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

The newly chosen general secretary of the Anglican Communion, Rev. Dr Josiah Idowu-Fearon, the bishop of Kaduna in Nigeria, has served on the WCC Central Committee and has worked with the Council on interfaith dialogue.

The WCC and its member churches expressed deep concern over reports of widespread violent demonstrations in Kinshasa since 19 January.