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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.

Ten years ago, while studying to become a nurse, Khadijah Abdullah was confronted at a hospital with a rather difficult patient, a Muslim living with AIDS who was also coping with several other medical issues. When Abdullah realized how isolated and stigmatized this patient was in his own faith community, she became aware of her prejudices and ignorance and she decided to do something about it.

What do indigenous peoples expect of churches in light of the report of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission on church-run residential schools for aboriginal children? Perry Bellegarde, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, responds.

Meeting from 17 to 24 June, the newly reconstituted Commission on Faith and Order of the WCC has begun to define its principal trajectories for ecumenical study and common activity from 2015 until the next WCC Assembly in 2020.

Réunie du 17 au 24 juin, la nouvelle Commission de Foi et constitution du COE a commencé à définir ses principaux axes d’étude œcuménique et d’activités communes pour la période allant de 2015 à la prochaine Assemblée du COE, en 2020.

Resettlement of people displaced by the consequences of climate change was highlighted as a major concern for churches at a gathering of ecumenical representatives from Asia and the Pacific region.

The more radical social and political changes are, the more likely they are to bring out tension amongst social actors. It is in a context such as this - a Living Letters delegation visiting Bolivia in mid July heard - that Bolivian churches struggle to overcome violence in society.