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The Thursdays in Black campaign now has a Youth Edition, developed by young people who are building a network in support of a world free from rape and violence. 

Heute trauert die Welt um eine herausragende Persönlichkeit im Kampf für Freiheit, Menschenwürde und Rechte.

Today the world joins in mourning the passing of a towering figure in the struggle for freedom and for human dignity and rights.

Bischof Staccato Powell ist der Vorsitzende der Bischofskonferenz (Board of Bishops) der Afrikanischen Methodistisch-Bischöflichen Zions-Kirche, einem Gründungsmitglied des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK). Sein langjähriges Engagement im ÖRK umfasst die Teilnahme an vier Vollversammlung und die Mitgliedschaft in verschiedenen Leitungsgremien, darunter der aktuelle Zentralausschuss.

Bishop Staccato Powell is president of the board of bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, a founding member church of the World Council of Churches (WCC). His long service with the WCC includes attending four assemblies and serving on many governing bodies, including the current Central Committee.

Viele ökumenische Pioniere, darunter der ehemalige ÖRK-Generalsekretär Philip Potter, waren in einem gewissen Sinne ein Produkt der Sonntagsschulbewegung. Ulrich Becker erzählt eine Geschichte, die in Vergessenheit zu drohen scheint.

Many ecumenical pioneers, including former WCC general secretary Philip Potter, were in a sense a product of the Sunday School movement. Ulrich Becker tells a story that seems to be in danger of being forgotten.

Die Vertreterinnen und Vertreter von mehr als 25 Glaubensrichtungen und über 30 zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen versammelten sich während der Eröffnungswoche der Olympischen Spiele 2016 in der Innenstadt von Rio, um die Würde des Menschen und des Planeten Erde zu bekräftigen und um die Menschenrechte zu verteidigen.

Representatives from over 25 faith expressions and from more than 30 civil society organizations gathered for a public event in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the opening week of the 2016 Olympic games to affirm the dignity of human beings and the planet Earth and the defense of human rights.

How and in which ways are money and finance shaping the world economy and society? What ought to be the roles of money and finance and what can we do together as faith communities to make the prevailing international financial architecture more just and compassionate?

Die Vereinigte Kirche Christi und die Vereinigte Kirche von Kanada, beide Mitglieder des ÖRK, machten am 17. Oktober in einem Gottesdienst in der St. Andrew's United Church in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Kanada, ihre Vereinbarung über die volle Kirchengemeinschaft offiziell.

The United Church of Christ and The United Church of Canada, both members of the WCC, formalized a full communion agreement in a worship service at St. Andrew's United Church, Niagara Falls, Ontario, on 17 October.

A report from the WCC calls for an effective response in meeting the needs of communities faced with unprecedented financial and economic crises, the threat of climate change and widespread ecological devastation.

World Council of Churches (WCC) participants in the Rio+20 Conference have joined a broad religious coalition in rejecting the official outcome document of the United Nations-sponsored event.

A World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation will take part in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Rio+20 from 20 to 22 June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The delegates will participate in various ecumenical and interfaith events both at the venue of Rio+20 and the Peoples’ Summit for Social and Environmental Justice organized by the civil society.

Substantial information on torture and other human rights abuses was entrusted to the Brazilian attorney general at a ceremony in São Paulo on 14 June 2011. There was also a call for a national truth commission in Brazil to shed more light on past atrocities during the ceremony.

During a two-decade period of brutal dictatorship, in 1979, Brazilian church workers and dissenting lawyers found a loophole in the legal system allowing them to gather evidence of atrocities and other abuses committed by the military regime.