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As a search continued for missing migrants after a fishing boat capsized off the coast of Greece, the World Council of Churches (WCC) conveyed prayers to the families of victims, and to the churches in Greece and elsewhere that are responding.

This year it is five hundred years since the Reformation. This has been commemorated throughout the year. A lot has happened in the world. The Reformation is ongoing in churches around the world. Discussions are constantly held about how a church should be today and how to reach out with the gospel. WCC News meets Bishop Helga Haugland Byfuglien this year, one of the most experienced and prominent women among Lutheran bishops in the world.

Cette année, cela fait cinq cents ans que la Réforme a eu lieu. Toute cette année a été marquée par des commémorations. De nombreux évènements ont eu lieu dans le monde. La Réforme se poursuit dans les Églises. Constamment, des discussions ont lieu sur ce que doit être une Église aujourd'hui et sur la manière de toucher les gens au moyen de l’Évangile. Nouvelles du COE a rencontré cette année l'évêque Helga Haugland Byfuglien, l'une des femmes éminentes les plus expérimentées parmi les évêques luthériens dans le monde.

Sitting in a tent at the Souda camp, on the island of Chios in Greece, a Pakistani family of 12 recalls the lives they had in their home country. They had everything except safety. Muhammed and his wife, Asia, along with their 10 children, fled their home country in search of a place where they weren’t constantly fearing for their lives.

Muslims are a minority in Norway and a majority in Pakistan. From 12-15 March, these roles changed at a conference hosted by The Church of Pakistan in Lahore, Pakistan.

The theme “Discrimination, Persecution, Martyrdom: Following Christ Together” remained in sharp focus at a Global Christian Forum consultation in Albania. The event from 1-5 November in Tirana gathered some 150 international participants, including representatives of the WCC.