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Bridging economics and theology, the 5^th edition of the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School) concluded on 8 July in Berlin, Germany.

Le secrétaire général par intérim du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, le père Ioan Sauca, a transmis les salutations chaleureuses du COE au Conseil de la Fédération luthérienne mondiale, lequel se réunissait autour du thème « Par le Christ, toutes choses sont maintenues à leur place ».

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca sent joyful greetings to the Lutheran World Federation Council, convening under the theme “In Christ, all things hold together.”

Accueillir des réfugiés, fournir de la nourriture, aider dans les hôpitaux et faire sonner les cloches des églises en guise d'avertissement lorsque les bombardements commencent - voilà quelques-unes des nombreuses façons dont les églises réagissent en Ukraine et dans les pays voisins alors que la guerre se poursuit. Plus de deux millions de personnes ont quitté l'Ukraine et les estimations des groupes de secours montrent que 18 millions de personnes, soit un tiers de la population du pays, auront besoin d'une aide humanitaire.

Hosting refugees, providing food, helping in hospitals, and ringing church bells as a warning when shelling starts—these are some of the many ways churches are responding in Ukraine and bordering countries as the war continues. More than two million people have poured out of Ukraine, and estimates from relief groups show that 18 million people—a third of the country’s population—will need humanitarian assistance.

The scope of human need is growing exponentially as the war continues between Russia and Ukraine — despite an international outcry for peace — and churches are offering vital assistance to thousands upon thousands of people.

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, one of the people who followed in the footsteps of Desmond Tutu as archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa announced the death of “the Arch” as he was affectionately known on 26 December, fittingly celebrated in South Africa as the “Day of Goodwill.”

The World Council of Churches and Lutheran World Federation will host a joint webinar, “Stop the Flow: Let’s End Human Trafficking,” at 13:30 CEST on 30 July, the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.

Meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican on 25 June, both the Lutheran World Federation president Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa and Pope Francis expressed the hope that the 500th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession in 2030 can become common ground on which to strengthen the commitment of Lutherans and Catholics to unity and reconciliation.

Le père Ioan Sauca, secrétaire général par intérim du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, a transmis ses chaleureuses félicitations à la pasteure Anne Burghardt, nouvelle secrétaire générale de la Fédération luthérienne mondiale (FLM). La pasteure Anne Burghardt est la première femme et la première pasteure d’un pays d’Europe centrale et orientale élue à la tête de la FLM.