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Christianity is growing faster in Africa than anywhere else in the world says Rev. Fr Dr Lawrence Iwuamadi, Professor of Ecumenical Biblical Hermeneutics at the Ecumenical Institute, Bossey. He was the convener of a discussion on the Anthology of African Christianity held by the WCC on 15 February with a panel of experts at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.

El cristianismo está creciendo más rápidamente en África que en cualquier otra parte del mundo, dice el Rev. Dr. Lawrence Iwuamadi, profesor de hermenéutica bíblica ecuménica en el Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey. El 15 de febrero el Rev. Iwuamadi organizó un debate sobre la antología del cristianismo africano, que fue acogido por el CMI en el Centro Ecuménico de Ginebra y contó con la participación de un grupo de expertos.

Patriarch Abune Matthias of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church offered a special greeting at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 10 February, commending the success of global ecumenical work while acknowledging the grave crises tearing the world apart.

Abune Matías, patriarca de la Iglesia Ortodoxa Tewahedo de Etiopía, envió un saludo especial desde el Centro Ecuménico de Ginebra el pasado 10 de febrero en el que encomiaba el éxito de la labor ecuménica mundial al tiempo que reconocía las graves crisis que desgarran al mundo.

More than 120 religious and spiritual leaders, health workers and young people met on 7-8 February to focus on strengthening the fight against stigma in the HIV response in Kenya. They were joined by representatives from the Kenyan government, civil society organizations, networks of people living with HIV, and development partners for an event in Nairobi. The meeting, “Faith on the Fast Track: Eliminating Stigma and Discrimination Through Love and Dialogue” aimed to assess the impact of the Framework for Dialogue methodology which has been implemented in several countries since 2013.

Más de 120 líderes religiosos y espirituales, trabajadores sanitarios y jóvenes se reunieron los días 7 y 8 de febrero para centrarse en intensificar la lucha contra la estigmatización en el marco de la respuesta al VIH en Kenya. A ellos se unieron, en un evento que tuvo lugar en Nairobi, representantes del gobierno de Kenya, organizaciones de la sociedad civil, redes de personas que viven con el VIH, y asociados para el desarrollo. La reunión, “La fe en la vía rápida: eliminar el estigma y la discriminación a través del amor y el diálogo”, tenía por objeto evaluar el impacto de la metodología del Marco para el Diálogo, la cual se ha aplicado en varios países desde 2013. El evento fue organizado por la Red Internacional de Líderes Religiosos con VIH y Sida o personalmente afectados (INERELA+ Kenya) y el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias-Alianza Ecuménica de Acción Mundial (CMI-AEAM), con el apoyo del Programa de las Naciones Unidas sobre el VIH/SIDA (ONUSIDA), entre otros.

A workshop in Mozambique examined the connections between finance on the one hand and food and land on the other. Titled “From the Financialization of Food to Life-giving Agriculture,” the workshop took place in Maputo from 7-11 December. It was organized by the WCC together with Bread for All and was hosted by the Christian Council of Mozambique.

Twenty church leaders from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania met in Arusha, Tanzania from 7-11 November to discuss deepening inclusion, participation and active involvement of persons with disabilities in the spiritual, social, economic and structural life of the church and society. The forum was organized by the WCC Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network and hosted by the Council of Churches in Tanzania.

Joining efforts to explore how to move from dependency on fossil fuel to a sustainable future, faith representatives gathered at the Indonesian Pavilion at COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco on 8 November, for an event hosted by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

“In our community, HIV is not spoken about openly. And the challenge is, it’s like people are both informed and not informed. They know what HIV is, that it’s an illness that can be treated, but still they don’t want to really talk about it, like they don’t really want to know about it…”

“Is there a way we can address stigma and discrimination among faith communities, to set an example, so that those who are there to provide services, to give care, do not themselves stigmatize? Because when it comes to HIV and AIDS, it doesn’t matter if we are Christians or Muslims, women or men. With HIV and AIDS, we need to deal with it as human beings.”

¿Hay alguna forma de eliminar el estigma y la discriminación en las propias comunidades religiosas, para dar ejemplo y evitar que quienes están ahí, prestando servicios y atención sanitaria, estigmaticen a los afectados? Porque cuando hablamos de VIH y SIDA no importa si uno es cristiano, musulmán, mujer u hombre; con el VIH y el SIDA hay que tratar como seres humanos”.

When the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa re-joined the WCC in June after 55 years, other churches in the country rejoiced at “the return of the prodigal son”. The church, started in the 17th century by European settlers in southern Africa, was once referred to as “the National Party at prayer” so closely tied was its doctrine to the racist ideology of apartheid, and its influence reaching into the cabinet.

Cuando la Iglesia Reformada Neerlandesa (NGK) de Sudáfrica se reincorporó en junio al CMI después de 55 años, otras iglesias del país se alegraron del “regreso del hijo pródigo”.

Religious leaders must break their silence with regard to young people and sexual reproductive health, agreed young people and theologians gathered in Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) from 6-7 September.

After recent reports of widespread violent demonstrations in Addis-Ababa and other parts of Ethiopia, local church leaders and members of the WCC joined in a call for peaceful dialogue and restraint on all sides.

Tras informes sobre manifestaciones violentas generalizadas en Addis-Ababa y otras partes de Etiopia, líderes de las iglesias locales y miembros del CMI se unieron al llamamiento al diálogo pacífico y a que todas las partes actuaran con moderación.