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Ten weeks after Pope Francis visited the WCC in Geneva as “a pilgrim in quest of unity and peace,” church leaders of different churches representing the WCC and the Roman Catholic Church are meeting in Germany this week to continue their task of “walking, praying and working together.”

Diez semanas después de que el papa Francisco visitara el CMI en Ginebra, como “un peregrino en busca de la unidad y la paz”, los líderes eclesiales de diferentes iglesias que representan al CMI y a la Iglesia Católica se reúnen esta semana en Alemania para seguir “caminando, trabajando y orando juntos”.

The 8th International Conference of Orthodox faculties, just held in Thessaloniki, Greece, is expected to contribute to the interpretation and reception of the 2016 “Holy and Great Council” of the Eastern Orthodox churches.

During a visit to the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva on 16 February, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby spoke on an “ecumenism of action” as he also congratulated the WCC on its 70th anniversary.

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A consultation with the theme “Ecumenical Perspective on the Role of Women in the Churches” brought together 28 women and men to the Monastero di Bose in northern Italy from 3-7 October.

Una consulta con el tema “La perspectiva ecuménica sobre el papel de las mujeres en las iglesias” reunió a veintiocho mujeres y hombres en el Monastero di Bose en el norte de Italia del 3 al 7 de octubre.

As the 44th conference of the International Ecumenical Fellowship came to a close, those gathered departed for their home countries with a vision for “the church of tomorrow” and a renewed commitment to unity.

The World Council of Churches has welcomed the signing of two ecumenical statements by the World Communion of Reformed Churches in which it seeks to overcome divisions of the past and to work with other Christian communions for unity and common witness.

“What is the role of churches in peace-building? How are they actually involved? Which are the ecumenical challenges, and especially which are the ecumenical opportunities that arise from joint efforts at peace building?” These were some of the questions on the table as the Executive of the Joint Working Group of the WCC and the Roman Catholic Church met in Dublin, Ireland on 24-26 April.

“¿Qué papel tienen las iglesias en la construcción de la paz? ¿De qué manera están participando en realidad? ¿Cuáles son los desafíos ecuménicos, y sobre todo, cuáles son las oportunidades ecuménicas que surgen de los esfuerzos conjuntos encaminados a consolidar la paz?”. Estas fueron algunas de las preguntas sobre la mesa cuando la ejecutiva del Grupo Mixto de Trabajo (GMT) entre la Iglesia Católica Romana y el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se reunió en Dublín (Irlanda) del 24 al 26 de abril.

The Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, delivered a public address at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 24 April as part of his official visit to Switzerland on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his enthronement as Ecumenical Patriarch and the 50th anniversary of the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy.

El Patriarca Ecuménico, Su Santidad el Patriarca Bartolomé I, pronunció una alocución pública en el Centro Ecuménico en Ginebra el 24 de abril como parte de su visita oficial a Suiza con motivo del 25o aniversario de su entronización como Patriarca Ecuménico y el 50o aniversario del Centro Ortodoxo del Patriarcado Ecuménico en Chambesy.

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.

Before accepting the position of programme executive for the WCC Faith and Order Commission, Dr Ani Ghazaryan Drissi was involved with the WCC in several different ways.

He earned the title “Green Patriarch” as a religious leader addressing alarming environmental issues over at least two decades. In 2008, Time Magazine named His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as one of 100 Most Influential People in the World, for “defining environmentalism as spiritual responsibility”.

Se ha ganado el apodo de “El Patriarca verde” por ser un líder religioso preocupado por los alarmantes problemas medioambientales desde hace al menos dos decenios. En 2008, la revista Time incluyó a Su Toda Santidad el Patriarca Ecuménico Bartolomé entre las cien personas más influyentes del mundo, por “definir el ecologismo como una responsabilidad espiritual”.

“Bossey opened my mind and my horizon.” These words from a former student touched Rev. Dr Dagmar Heller, dean of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute, one month ago as the two met at a conference.

“Bossey abrió mi mente y amplió mis horizontes”. Estas palabras de un antiguo estudiante emocionaron a la Rev. Dra. Dagmar Heller, decana del Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey, cuando se conocieron en una conferencia hace un mes.