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People from around the world involved in the work of three critical World Council of Churches (WCC) commissions have discussed global geopolitical trends impacting their activities and church members. The panel, led by the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, was moderated by Dr Mathews George Chunakara, general secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia.

The World Council of Churches (WCC), on 12 February, submitted comments to the zero draft of the “Pact for the Future,” the envisaged outcome of the UN Summit for the Future.

A “Go for Gender Justice” initiative was launched by the Protestant Church in Germany in Berlin on 1 February with calls for overcoming gender clichés and traditional role models. Germany’s "First Lady,” the judge Elke Büdenbender called on women and men to fight together for social change. Under the motto "Go for Gender Justice,” nine regional churches invited people to move together toward gender equality.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a été récompensé comme l'une des meilleures organisations non gouvernementales pour son travail en 2021. Le 1er février, il s'est vu décerner la troisième place du Geneva Engage Award pour l'efficacité et l'inspiration de ses actions de sensibilisation et d'engagement sur les réseaux sociaux.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) was honoured as a top non-governmental organization for its work during 2021, receiving a third-place Geneva Engage Award on 1 February for effective and inspiring social media outreach and engagement.

The World Council of Churches Commission on World Mission and Evangelism released on 10 November a new publication “Call to Discipleship: Mission in the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace,” a collection of study documents of the WCC Commission on World Mission and Evangelism 2018-2021.

As the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca congratulated them and expressed solidarity with their ongoing fight for justice and peace.

Bei einem für den 13.-15. September geplanten internationalen Symposium werden Fragen erörtert, mit denen wir eine gerechtere digitale Zukunft gestalten können, eine Zukunft, die „zunehmend vertieftes Reflektieren und neue Denkweisen in Philosophie, Ethik, Rechtswissenschaft und Theologie fordert,“ sagte der geschäftsführende Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) Priester Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca.

Du 13 au 15 septembre prochains, un symposium international étudiera des questions clés pour nous aider à dessiner un avenir numérique plus juste. Un avenir qui, selon le père Ioan Sauca, secrétaire général par intérim du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), «nous impose plus que jamais d’approfondir notre réflexion et de repenser la philosophie, l’éthique, la jurisprudence et la théologie».

An upcoming international symposium, scheduled for 13-15 September, will explore some key questions to help us map a more just digital future, a future that “increasingly calls for deeper reflection and new thinking in philosophy, ethics, jurisprudence, and theology,” said World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof Dr Ioan Sauca.

Media and communicators are invited to an online “press club” event during which they can speak candidly on the theme “Digital instruments – Blessing or Curse?”