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WCC Pilgrim Team Visits accompany communities in Italy, Armenia, Norway

Three World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrim Team Visits, one to Italy, a second to Armenia and a third to Norway, are continuing the WCCs accompaniment for communities in their quest for justice and peace under the theme of Christs love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” through the lenses of post-war trauma healing, gender justice, and migration.

Erhard Hermansen: “The church in South Sudan needs our prayers"

Erhard Hermansen is general secretary of the Christian Council of Norway, which has been collaborating closely with churches in Sudan and South Sudan for nearly 30 years. Hermansen attended the South Sudan Council of Churches 2019 Assembly in late August, and shares his reflections and hopes below.

Study shows religious and ethnic diversity vital for peace in Iraq and Syria

Analyzing efforts to protect religious communities and groups and build peace in Syria and Iraq, the WCC and Norwegian Church Aid presented a joint study on protection needs of religious and ethnic minorities in Syria and Iraq. The findings were announced on 12 December to the media and public at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Un estudio muestra que la diversidad étnica y religiosa es vital para la paz en Irak y Siria

Analizando los esfuerzos para proteger a las minorías religiosas y construir la paz en Siria e Irak, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) y la Ayuda de la Iglesia Noruega (AIN) presentaron un estudio conjunto sobre las necesidades de protección de las minorías étnicas y religiosas en ambos países. Las conclusiones de este último fueron anunciadas el 12 de diciembre al público y los medios de comunicación en el Palacio de las Naciones Unidas de Ginebra.

Solidarity overcomes sorrow: Indigenous Peoples gather in Trondheim

Journeying from urban centres and small Pacific islands, mountain ranges and rural towns, more than 170 Indigenous people gathered this week at the mouth of the river that flows from traditional Sami lands. Their conference, “Reconciliation Processes and Indigenous Peoples: Truth, Healing and Transformation,” brought together representatives of more than two dozen Indigenous societies in connection with the WCC Central Committee meetings in Trondheim, Norway.

La solidaridad alivia las penas: los pueblos indígenas se reúnen en Trondheim

Procedentes de centros urbanos y pequeñas islas del Pacífico, desde cordilleras y pueblos rurales, más de 170 indígenas se han dado cita esta semana en la desembocadura del río que fluye desde las tierras que tradicionalmente han pertenecido al pueblo sami. Su conferencia, “Los procesos de reconciliación y los pueblos indígenas: verdad, sanación y transformación”, reunió a representantes de más de una veintena de sociedades indígenas con ocasión del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, en Trondheim (Noruega).