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Four World Council of Churches (WCC) pre-assemblies are about to convene, drawing hundreds of people eager to, in a safe space, share their honest reflections and life challenges. The pre-assemblies include Indigenous Peoples, Ecumenical Youth Gathering, Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network, and Just Community of Women and Men.

En su reunión de este mes, el Grupo de trabajo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) sobre cambio climático espera ofrecer los frutos del trabajo de este órgano consultivo para la reflexión y, lo que es más importante, para la acción en la 11ª Asamblea del CMI que se celebrará en Karlsruhe. A continuación, el Rev. Henrik Grape, asesor principal sobre el cuidado de la Creación, la sostenibilidad y la justicia climática,reflexiona sobre el trabajo en materia de justicia climática en el período previo a la Asamblea y más allá.

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) Climate Working Group meets this month, the advisory body is looking forward to offering the fruits of its work for reflection and, most important, action at the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe. Below, Rev. Henrik Grape, senior advisor on Care for Creation, Sustainability, and Climate Justice, reflects on climate justice work in the lead-up to the assembly and beyond.

Co-hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Ecumenical and Francophone Seminar on the Theology of Ecology (SOFTE), the conference held on 5-8 July in Geneva, Switzerland, reflected on an ecumenical theology of ecology and care for creation that promotes a visible unity of Christian churches.

Ekaterina E. wears the human face of statelessness every day.“Statelessness is about expulsion from the human community” she says, “for me personally, being stateless means I have been separated from my mother for nearly 30 years now.”

En una declaración pública sobre la situación en Tierra Santa, el Comité Central del CMI expresó “su profunda solidaridad con las iglesias y los cristianos de la región, con su vida y su trabajo, que mantienen vivos y vibrantes la fe y el testimonio cristianos en Tierra Santa, así como con todas las personas que viven en la región”.

Lamentando la guerra ilegal e injustificable “infligida al pueblo y al Estado soberano de Ucrania”, el Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, denunció “los terribles y crecientes niveles de muerte, destrucción y desplazamientos forzosos; la destrucción de las relaciones entre los pueblos de la región y la intensificación —como nunca antes— del antagonismo profundamente arraigado entre ellos; la confrontación en aumento a nivel mundial; el mayor riesgo de hambruna en las regiones del mundo que sufren de inseguridad alimentaria; las dificultades económicas y el agravamiento de la inestabilidad social y política a nivel mundial”.

Deploring the illegal and unjustifiable war “inflicted on the people and sovereign state of Ukraine” the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee lamented “the awful and continuing toll of deaths, destruction and displacement, of destroyed relationships and ever more deeply entrenched antagonism between the people of the region, of escalating confrontation globally, of increased famine risk in food insecure regions of the world, of economic hardship and heightened social and political instability in many countries.”

In a public statement focused on the Holy Land, the WCC central committee expressed “deep solidarity with the member churches and Christians of the region in their life and work, keeping the Christian faith and witness in the Holy Land alive and vibrant, as well as with all people in the region.”

En una segunda mesa redonda ecuménica convocada por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) el 10 de junio en Bossey (Suiza), altos representantes de las iglesias miembros del CMI de varios países europeos vecinos que se han visto directamente afectados por el actual conflicto se reunieron para llevar a cabo una consulta conjunta en relación con los acontecimientos relevantes que han tenido lugar desde la primera mesa redonda celebrada el 30 de marzo.

Offering a churches’ perspective during a dialogue on humanitarian aid on 10 June, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca spoke on the faith and spiritual foundations for helping one another.

In a second ecumenical roundtable meeting convened by the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 10 June in Bossey, Switzerland, senior representatives of WCC member churches from several European countries neighboring and directly affected by the current conflict gathered to consult each other on relevant developments since the first roundtable meeting held 30 March.

La publicación conjunta del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) y ACT Alianza, que ofrece recursos para reforzar la capacidad diaconal de las iglesias e intensificar la cooperación con sus asociados ecuménicos, será presentada en línea el 9 de junio a las 15.00 horas (CET).

The joint publication of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and ACT Alliance, offering resources to strengthen the diaconal capacity of the churches and to advance cooperation with their ecumenical partners, will be presented online on 9 June at 15.00 CET.

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca will speak on “Churches and humanitarian aid” during a conference organized by the Foundation Dialogue for Peace, to be held 10 June in Geneva.