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O economista Thomas Kang é membro do Comitê Central do Conselho Mundial de Igrejas (CMI). Nesta entrevista para o serviço de comunicação do CMI, ele reflete sobre os impactos da COVID-19 no maior país da América Latina e as interseções entre políticas que causam divisão, destruição do meio ambiente e violência.

As coronavirus cases rise sharply in Latin American countries, so has violence against women.

One of the main voices of the Brazilian and Latin American ecumenical movement, Jether Pereira Ramalho passed away on 28 June, in Rio, leaving behind a legacy of inspiration, dedication and transformation to many generations.

Uma das principais vozes do movimento ecumênico brasileiro e latino-americano, Jether Pereira Ramalho faleceu no dia 28 de junho, no Rio de Janeiro, deixando um legado de inspiração, dedicação e transformação para muitas gerações.

A webinar series on “Human Rights, Ethics and Climate Change,” held in June and July, has offered a variety of perspectives on climate change and human rights from an ethical and spiritual perspective.

Who on earth decided in June 1920 in a conference held in Crans, near Geneva, that the following year at Lake Mohonk, New York, an International Missionary Council would be established and give an enormous institutional impulse to the emerging ecumenical movement?

The year 2020 is one etched forever in our memories. The unimaginable happened when a virus seized the world. Vulnerability became the norm, and fiction became a reality. Overnight life became more precious for all of us, the world’s billions. Normality took a break; frustration set in. Everything we took for granted went on hold.

As Brazilians face harder times on a daily basis with the increasing impacts of COVID-19 at all levels of society, several church-based organizations launched a campaign on 11 June calling on people to express solidarity with all who have lost family members and friends due to the pandemic and its systemic consequences in a reality marked by inequality, such as hunger, violence, and racism.

Com a população brasileira enfrentando dificuldades diariamente com os crescentes impactos da COVID-19 em todos os níveis da sociedade, diversas organizações religiosas se juntaram, para lançar uma campanha em 11 de junho último. A iniciativa pede às pessoas que expressem sua solidariedade com todos os que perderam familiares e amigos devido à pandemia e suas consequências sistêmicas em uma realidade marcada por desigualdades, incluindo a fome, a violência e o racismo.

“It was with sorrow that we received the news about the passing of Rev. Norman Bent,” said Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC). “Through his tireless ministry for reconciliation, justice and peace, Rev. Bent leaves behind an inspiring legacy for the global ecumenical movement.”

Women in Chile have been subject to violence, forced nudity, humiliation and even rape in the framework of the social protests taking place in the nation since last October, said Chilean theologian and lawyer Cecilia Castillo Nanjari.

A decade from now the general secretary of the Action by Churches Together (ACT) Alliance, Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, envisages ACT as one of the world's largest networks for humanitarian relief.

The WCC fellowship joins the family and friends of Prof. John Samuel Pobee in celebrating his life and ministry and grieving his death on 22 January.

Jürgen Moltmann looked astonished when he saw his name on the list of contributors. In a recent dinner at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, my colleague Stephen Brown, the editor of The Ecumenical Review, surprised him with a 50-year old brochure.