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For the past 75 years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has announced how close it believes the world is to a nuclear attack. On 24 January, it has announced that we are only 90 seconds to midnight.

Daniel Högsta ist Kampagnenkoordinator für die  Internationale Kampagne zur Abschaffung von Atomwaffen. Nachstehend spricht er über  den Zusammenhang zwischen Klimawandel und Atomwaffen und über die globalen Fortschritte auf dem Weg zu einer atomwaffenfreien Welt. 

Daniel Högsta is campaign coordinator for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. He reflects below on the tie between climate change and nuclear weapons, as well as on global progress toward a nuclear-free world. 

An appeal from representatives of Religions for Peace in Norway is urging the Norwegian government to join the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which will come into force on 22 January.

Muchos pioneros ecuménicos, entre ellos el exsecretario general del CMI, Philip Potter, fueron en cierto modo producto del movimiento de la escuela dominical. Ulrich Becker cuenta una historia que parece correr el peligro de ser olvidada.

Quando il segretario generale del Consiglio ecumenico delle chiese (CEC), Olav Fykse Tveit, fece visita per la prima volta a Papa Benedetto XVI in Vaticano, nel dicembre del 2010, portò con sé un paio di guanti caldi come dono per il pontefice.

La brama di cose materiali rende ciechi gli esseri umani nei confronti dei loro compagni e quell’indifferenza abbonda nelle strade del mondo di oggi, ha detto oggi Sua Santità Papa Francesco in un’omelia al Consiglio ecumenico delle chiese (CEC) a Ginevra.

*Di Philippa Hitchen
L’Istituto ecumenico di Bossey, che Papa Francesco visiterà giovedì 21 giugno, come tappa del suo pellegrinaggio al Consiglio ecumenico delle chiese a Ginevra, è un laboratorio di idee in cui viene tracciato il futuro percorso verso l’unità dei cristiani.

"I think it is wonderful that ICAN won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, we really need this when we see what today’s superpowers are doing. We all want peace on earth!"

Unter den Massen von Flüchtlingen der letzten Monate waren auch viele Frauen und Kinder. Ihre Rechte stehen deswegen im Fokus einer von der Konferenz Europäischer Kirchen organisierten Summer School in Griechenland.

Women and children figure prominently as refugees in mass movements of people in recent months and their rights will be at the forefront of a summer school organized in Greece by the Conference of European Churches.

Kirchenleitende aus sieben Ländern, die derzeit historische Entscheidungen für oder gegen die Ächtung von Atomwaffen treffen, werden Anfang August zu einer Pilgereise in zwei japanische Städte aufbrechen, die vor 70 Jahren durch Atombomben dezimiert wurden.

Church leaders from seven countries currently making historic choices for or against outlawing nuclear weapons will embark on a pilgrimage in early August to the two Japanese cities that were decimated by atomic bombs 70 years ago.

核兵器への賛否に関し歴史的選択を迫られている7カ国の教会指導者が、今年８月初め、７０年前に原爆により破壊された２つの都市に巡礼の旅へ。

Anfangs August werden sich Vertreterinnen und Vertreter des ÖRK auf einen unüblichen Pilgerweg begeben. Eine Gruppe von Kirchenleitenden wird in zwei Städte reisen, die vor 70 Jahren von der tödlichsten aller Waffen verwüstet wurden, und dann Regierungen treffen, die heute immer noch willens sind, tausende von Städten in ähnlicher Weise zu zerstören.

In early August, WCC representatives will embark on an unusual pilgrimage. A group of church leaders will travel to two cities devastated by the deadliest of weapons 70 years ago, then visit governments still willing to destroy thousands of cities in similar fashion today.

Talk about peace on the Korean peninsula part of discussions at ecumenical consultation on peace and security issues in Asia.