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Representing the experiences, perspectives and visions of different excluded groups, a select group of 25 theologians from many parts of the world gathered in La Paz, Bolivia during May 2007, perhaps for the first time, to articulate their visions of the world and the church. Their attempt was to identify the possible thematic directions for the new programme

Global migration poses new challenges for churches worldwide, the WCC general secretary told the churches of Wales at the start of a trip to the UK and Ireland.

Concrete plans to mobilize churches around the world for peace were approved by the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee in early March. What is expected to become a major worldwide mobilization of churches for peace will culminate with an International Ecumenical Peace Convocation to be held in early May 2011 and an Ecumenical Declaration on Just Peace.

Réuni au début de mars, le Comité exécutif du Conseil oecuménique des Eglises (COE) a approuvé des plans concrets en vue de mobiliser les Eglises du monde entier en faveur de la paix. Cette campagne mondiale d'importance majeure débouchera sur un Rassemblement oecuménique international pour la paix, qui se tiendra au début de mai 2011, ainsi que sur une Déclaration oecuménique sur la paix juste.

"The cross calls us not to glorify, but to attend to the suffering in the world and to struggle for its elimination," said the participants of a theological consultation on cruelty organized by the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in partnership with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The conference took place 5-8 December in Puidoux, Switzerland.

What does cruelty have to do with theology? Some 25 theologians from all over the world will gather on 5-8 December in Crêt-Bérard (near Lausanne, Switzerland), to discuss why and to what extent cruelty can be considered as a new theme for theological reflection.

Qu'est-ce que la cruauté a à voir avec la théologie? Quelque 25 théologiens du monde entier se réuniront du 5 au 8 décembre à Crêt-Bérard (près de Lausanne, Suisse) pour se demander pourquoi et dans quelle mesure la cruauté peut être considérée comme un nouveau thème de réflexion théologique.