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Water Justice is integral to Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace, by Dr Agnes Abuom

Recently during the PJP harvest gathering meeting of WCC, at a workshop on revisiting the Seven Weeks for Water – Lenten campaign of the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network, Dr Agnes Abuom was asked to reflect on the linkage between the WCC’s water justice campaign and the WCC’s overarching theme of Pilgrimage of  Justice and Peace? Having attended several PJP meetings and Lenten campaigns herself, she responded in a pre-recorded video message. The following is the transcript of her video message.

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Mientras continúa la Peregrinación de Justicia y Paz, “oren por tener la paciencia, la sabiduría y el entendimiento”

El grupo de referencia y el grupo de estudio teológico de la Peregrinación de Justicia y Paz del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), que se reunieron a mediados de junio, aportaron reflexiones, oraciones y conocimientos que pavimentarán el camino hacia la 11a Asamblea del CMI en Karlsruhe, 2022.



Jim Winkler, presidente y secretario general del Consejo Nacional de Iglesias (EE. UU.), y el pastor Peter Noteboom, secretario general del Consejo Canadiense de Iglesias compartieron reflexiones acerca de su reciente reunión. 

As Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace continues, “pray for patience, wisdom, and insight”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace Reference Group and Theological Study Group, which convened in mid-June, brought reflections, prayers and insights that will form a path toward the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe in 2022.

Jim Winkler, president and general secretary of the National Council of Churches (USA) and Pastor Peter Noteboom, general secretary of The Canadian Council of Churches, shared reflections on their recent gathering. 

In Asia, COVID-19 “is a spotlight exposing fault lines” of injustice

With each wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities have been experiencing collective trauma that has further deepened the injustices, including racism and economic inequity,” said Rev. Dr Sang Chang, World Council of Churches (WCC) president for Asia, during an online consultation, organised by the WCC and the Christian Conference of Asia on 4 June.

The pandemic does not stop the pilgrimage— it deepens the accompaniment

As part of a series of material prepared for a special edition of the WCC newsletter focusing on the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace, WCC news interviewed Rev. Prof. Dr Fernando Enns, from the Association of Mennonite Congregations in Germany, and Jennifer Martin, Education in Mission secretary for the Caribbean and North America Council for Mission, United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Enns and Martin share the moderation of the Reference Group of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace since its creation in 2013.

"Storytelling, whether in-person or online, is the backbone of the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace" - interview with WCC deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri

Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary for Public Witness and Diakonia, reflects on how the WCC’s Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace, though forced to change during COVID-19, has nonetheless brought gifts to the WCC and to the world.

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En África, “nos sigue asombrando la resiliencia del pueblo de Dios ante la adversidad”

Durante una consulta regional celebrada el 27 de abril y centrada en cómo están viviendo su compromiso con la peregrinación de justicia y paz las iglesias de África en el contexto de la COVID-19, la Dra. Agnes Abuom, moderadora del Comité Central del CMI, reflexionó sobre el hecho de que África está experimentando una serie de desafíos y oportunidades socioeconómicas y espirituales.