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During a webinar in the “Love Matters” series, young people explored mental health and trauma management in the context of HIV, sexual and gender-based violence, and COVID-19.

An online webinar held 2 December brought a moving circle of hope to life even as women and men shared their tragic experiences of femicide and domestic violence in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean.

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed shock at the recent suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, for which the so-called ‘Islamic State’ group has reportedly claimed responsibility.

Con motivo del Día Mundial contra la Trata de Personas, el 30 de julio, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias y la Federación Luterana Mundial organizaron un seminario web conjunto sobre la trata de seres humanos que dio protagonismo a las voces de los supervivientes.

On World Day Against Trafficking in Persons—30 July—the World Council of Churches and Lutheran World Federation co-hosted a joint webinar on human trafficking that put the voices of survivors first.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises et la Fédération luthérienne mondiale organisent un webinaire commun intitulé «Stop the Flow: Let’s End Human Trafficking» (Arrêtons le trafic: mettons fin à la traite des êtres humains), qui se déroulera lors de la Journée mondiale de la dignité des victimes de la traite d’êtres humains, le 30 juillet, à 13 h 30 (GMT+2).

The World Council of Churches and Lutheran World Federation will host a joint webinar, “Stop the Flow: Let’s End Human Trafficking,” at 13:30 CEST on 30 July, the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.

Rev. Canon Dr Emily Awino Onyango, a Kenyan woman theologian, was consecrated on 27 March as the assistant bishop of the Bondo Anglican Diocese, making her the first woman to hold such a post in the church in east-central Africa.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca condemned a bomb attack outside a Catholic church on Palm Sunday in the Indonesian city of Makassar that left at least 14 people wounded. Police believe two suicide bombers perished in the attack.

The film “Radio Silence,” by Juliana Fanjul, has received the Human Rights Award 2020 from the World Association for Christian Communication and SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for Communication.

The feature-length documentary portrays government-critical journalist and radio host Carmen Arestigui. 

 

Le tensioni attualmente presenti all’interno delle chiese e fra i diversi culti sono spesso conseguenti a divergenze di ordine morale. Le chiese devono quindi fare in modo di mantenere la coesione e affrontare gli ostacoli che impediscono di ripristinare l’unità. Considerata la gravità della questione, la Commissione Fede e Costituzione del Consiglio Ecumenico delle Chiese (CEC) si è assunta l’onere di sostenere le chiese nella ricerca di modalità che consentano l’approfondimento della comprensione reciproca e l’avvio di dialoghi. Il gruppo di studio sul discernimento morale presenta due pubblicazioni.

Les tensions qui existent actuellement au sein des Église, et entre elles, sont souvent le résultat de désaccords sur des questions morales. Ainsi, les Églises sont-elles confrontées à certains défis et obstacles pour préserver ou, le cas échéant, restaurer l’unité. Consciente de l’urgence de la situation, la Commission «Foi et constitution» du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a décidé d’aider les Églises à trouver un moyen d’approfondir leur compréhension mutuelle afin d’établir le dialogue.

Current tensions within and between churches are often the result of disagreements over moral issues. Churches thus face challenges to preserve unity and meet obstacles to restore unity. Seeing the urgency of the matter, the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) Faith and Order Commission took up the task to assist the churches in finding a way to deepen mutual understanding leading to dialogue. Its study group on moral discernment presents two publications.

In his address to the World Leaders Forum held at the Columbia University on 2 December, UN secretary-general António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres spoke on the "State of the Planet.” He described our planet as "broken" and humanity as waging a suicidal war on the natural world. The fatal and disastrous consequences, including runaway climate change, biodiversity loss, and the COVID-19 pandemic, are increasingly apparent.

“It is with great sadness that the World Council of Churches received news about the passing away of Rev. Dr Micheline Kamba Kasongo, an outstanding theologian and ecumenist who contributed enormously to many areas in the ecumenical movement,” said Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, interim general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC).