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Democracy at risk, increasing cases of violence against women and the threats to children's futures. A regional meeting with church representatives from Latin America during the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee 2021 showed that pre-pandemic problems now hit harder the vulnerable communities.

Rev. Fr Dr Lawrence Iwuamadi is dean of the Ecumenical Institute, the graduate school which opened its academic year this week. Below, Iwuamadi reflects on the arrival of new students at the Ecumenical Institute during this remarkable time.

General elections were held in Honduras on 26 November 2017, the first since the Supreme Court of Justice decided to permit the reelection of the president, despite this being against the constitution.

The WCC has engaged with the Office for Genocide Prevention and the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers to promote a regional meeting in the Americas discussing the role of religious leaders in preventing incitements to violence that may lead to infractions categorized in international law as “atrocity crimes”: war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and crimes of aggression.

El CMI se ha asociado a la Oficina sobre la Prevención del Genocidio y a la red 'Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers' para promocionar una reunión regional en las Américas en torno al papel de los líderes religiosos en la prevención de la incitación a la violencia que puede degenerar en delitos considerados por el derecho internacional como “crímenes atroces”: crímenes de guerra, genocidio, crímenes contra la humanidad y crímenes de agresión.

La Rev. Cora Luisa Antonio Matamoros, líder de la Iglesia Morava de Nicaragua, es miembro del Comité Central del CMI. En una entrevista concedida al final del primer día de reuniones, en Ginebra, Suiza, ella compartió sus impresiones acerca del informe de la moderadora y de los temas importantes para América Latina.