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After being received by representatives of the churches managing the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem on 15 July, President Joseph Biden was accompanied on a short tour to the site of the birth of Christ, where he was awaited by Patriarch Theophilos III, the Custos Father Patton, and the Armenian Orthodox Patriarch Norahan Manugian, all of whom took Biden on a tour and exchanged discussion with him in the presence of a number of Palestinian officials.

In a joint letter to President Joe Biden, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and ACT Alliance urged that he find ways in which the intended purposes of sanctions can be pursued without harm being inflicted on ordinary Syrians.

Providing migrants and refugees a platform to share their concerns, challenges, and aspirations not only helps them, but also addresses xenophobia and helps build bridges with host communities, participants at a recent conference found.

In a country now counting 100 million inhabitants, and where 2.5 percent are added annually, it is increasingly hard for the government to keep pace with the needs of its people. “In this challenging environment, the work of non-governmental organisations is critical in order to ease the burden on public service institutions”, explains Dr Maged Moussa Yanny, general director of EpiscoCare.

Dealing with people on the move is crucial to the work of the Church in the 21st century says Greek Metropolitan Gabriel of Nea Ionia and Filadelfia. More than 31,000 irregular migrants arrived in Greece by sea in 2018 and almost 17,000 arrived by land, according to the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Auf einer internationalen Konferenz gegen Fremdenfeindlichkeit in Rom tauschte eine Gruppe von vier religiösen Würdenträgern aus der buddhistischen, christlichen, hinduistischen und islamischen Tradition offen ihre Gedanken darüber aus, wie Fremdenfeindlichkeit manchmal tief in den Strukturen dieser Traditionen verankert ist.

At a global conference on xenophobia in Rome, a panel of four religious leaders from, respectively, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu and Islamic traditions, spoke candidly about how xenophobia can sometimes be woven deeply into the fabric of these traditions.

À l’occasion d’une conférence mondiale sur la xénophobie organisée à Rome, un panel de quatre responsables religieux respectivement de tradition bouddhiste, chrétienne, hindoue et islamique, se sont exprimés ouvertement sur la manière dont la xénophobie peut parfois être profondément ancrée dans le tissu de ces traditions.

The fifteenth of March 2017, marks the sixth year since the start of the Syrian war.
Lebanon, being a small Middle Eastern country facing constant political and national unity challenges with a population of approximately 450,000 Palestinian and Iraqi refugees, has been the shelter for more than 2 million registered Syrian refugees since 2011.

The ecumenical dialogue between churches has a long and fruitful history. But since war and terrorism are threatening the existence of churches in the Middle East, Christians of this region feel more and more neglected by their Western partners.

The story shared by Fr Yakoub Babawe of the Oum-El-Nour Relief Committee of the Syrian Orthodox Church in Iraq’s city of Erbil moved and challenged participants at a recent meeting in Beirut.

Die Kommission der Kirchen für Migranten in Europa, die Konferenz Europäischer Kirchen und der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen haben in einem Schreiben die Mitgliedskirchen und die Partnerorganisationen in Europa nachdrücklich dazu aufgefordert, sich bei ihren nationalen Regierungen und Parlamenten in den nächsten Wochen für mehr organisierte Umsiedlungen von Flüchtlingen einzusetzen.

The Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe, Conference of European Churches and World Council of Churches sent a letter to member churches and partner organizations in Europe urging them to undertake increased advocacy for more refugee resettlement with their national governments and parliaments in the next weeks.

La Commission des Églises auprès des migrants en Europe, la Conférence des Églises européennes et le Conseil œcuménique des Églises ont envoyé aux Églises membres et aux organismes partenaires d’Europe une lettre leur demandant instamment de multiplier, dans les semaines à venir, des campagnes de pression auprès de leurs gouvernements et parlements nationaux pour intensifier la réinstallation des réfugiés.

„Wir sollten aus unseren Fehlern lernen und offenlegen, welche Systeme nicht gut funktionieren“, urteilte Pauliina Parhiala, Direktorin und Geschäftsführerin des ACT-Bündnisses, einer Koalition von 137 Kirchen und glaubensgestützten Organisationen, die international humanitäre Hilfe, Advocacy und Entwicklungsarbeit leisten.

“We should be learning from our mistakes, and exposing the systems that are not performing well,” says Pauliina Parhiala, director and chief operating officer of the ACT Alliance, a coalition of 137 churches and faith-based organizations serving internationally in humanitarian, advocacy and development work.

«Nous devrions tirer des leçons de nos erreurs et signaler les systèmes qui ne donnent pas de bons résultats», déclare Pauliina Parhiala, directrice et chargée des opérations de l’Alliance ACT, coalition de 137 Églises et organisations d’inspiration religieuse actives au niveau international dans les domaines de l’assistance humanitaire, du plaidoyer et du développement.

Die Teilnehmenden einer Konferenz, die sich jüngst mit der Flüchtlingskrise in Europa befasste, schöpften Ermutigung aus den Berichten über eine Vielzahl von Maßnahmen, die Kirchen zwischen dem Libanon und Finnland, von Serbien, über Griechenland bis nach Deutschland ergriffen haben.