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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).

The World Council of Churches expressed deep shock and sadness over the attack on a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, which left at least 15 people - including two newborn babies - dead and many more injured. In a separate incident in the province of Nangarhar, a suicide bombing claimed the lives of at least 25 people and injured about 68 others, most of whom were participating in a funeral for a local police commander.

Ceci est la deuxième d’une série d’interviews d’ambassadeurs des Jeudis en noir, qui jouent un rôle vital pour amplifier l’impact de notre appel collectif pour un monde sans viol et sans violence.

This is the second in a series of interviews with Thursdays in Black ambassadors who are playing a vital role in increasing the impact of our collective call for a world without rape and violence. Rev. Chris Ferguson is general secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches.

Gun violence in the United States, which over the last weekend alone took three dozen lives, continues to pose stark challenges for US churches.

People still often refer to him as “the cop”, when he walks down the streets. Working as a police officer for 14 years has made John Johansen, a familiar face in his hometown Nuuk, Greenland’s capital. Ordained in 2015, he was promoted last year to lead the deanery of mid Greenland, one of three deaneries within the diocese of Greenland, and its largest in terms of population and church members.

It is confirmation season in Greenland. In churches across the country, bench rows are decorated with flowers and candles along the aisle. Joy is in the air and it is time for a vast majority of 14-year-olds to have their Christian baptism confirmed.