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Forty years after the Soweto uprising, leaders of churches in conflict-torn countries gathered in South Africa to study the ways of peace and reconciliation.

On the world scale of countries with plentiful water, Brazil comes out in the top league. It has 12 percent of the world’s fresh water supplies. Yet Magali do Nascimento Cunha does not see her country scoring so well when it comes to water and sanitation distribution.

Dans le classement des pays qui disposent de beaucoup d’eau, le Brésil s’inscrit parmi les plus favorisés. Il dispose de 12% des réserves mondiales d’eau douce. Pourtant, pour Magali do Nascimento Cunha, la situation n’est pas aussi brillante des points de vue de la distribution d’eau et de la disponibilité d’installations sanitaires.

When Fernando Enns thinks of water in a German context, he is reminded of thousands and thousands of refugees who have come to the country fleeing the conflict in Syria.

When Fernando Enns thinks of water in a German context, he is reminded of thousands and thousands of refugees who have come to the country fleeing the conflict in Syria.

Quand Fernando Enns pense à l’eau dans un contexte allemand, il pense aux milliers de réfugiés arrivés dans son pays pour fuir le conflit syrien.

WCC support for churches’ struggles during the years of dictatorship in Argentina was praised by Aldo M. Etchegoyen, bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Methodist Church of Argentina.

El obispo emérito de la Iglesia Evangélica Metodista de Argentina, Aldo M. Etchegoyen, quien dio la bienvenida a Buenos Aires al Secretario General del CMI, el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, y a la presidenta del CMI para América Latina y el Caribe, la Rev. Gloria Ulloa, elogió el apoyo del Consejo a la lucha de las iglesias argentinas durante los años de la dictadura.

Youth representing ecumenical networks have been vocal in addressing social, economic and environmental issues at the World Youth Day, a Roman Catholic Church event, which gathered more than a million participants in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.