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Der ÖRK bringt sich an der Jugendkonferenz vor der Vollversammlung des Nationalen Kirchenrates Indiens ein

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) beteiligte sich am Dialog bei der Jugendkonferenz vor der Vollversammlung des Nationalen Kirchenrates Indiens (National Council of Churches in India, NCCI), die 17.–19. April in Hyderabad stattfand.



Die Jugendkonferenz vor der Vollversammlung wurde vom India Peace Centre unter dem Motto „Die Zeit ist gekommen: Die Stunde der Jugend, eine friedliche und nachhaltige Welt aufzubauen“ organisiert.

 

El CMI aporta perspectivas en la preasamblea de jóvenes del Consejo Nacional de Iglesias de la India

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) aportó perspectivas y participó en el diálogo en la preasamblea de jóvenes del Consejo Nacional de Iglesias de la India (NCCI), celebrada del 17 al 19 de abril en Hyderabad.



La preasamblea de jóvenes, organizada por el Centro para la Paz de la India, se celebró bajo el tema “Ha llegado la hora: la hora de que la juventud construya un mundo de paz y sostenibilidad”.

 

WCC offers insights at Youth Pre-assembly for National Council of Churches in India

The World Council of Churches (WCC) offered insights and participated in dialogue at the Youth Pre-assembly for National Council of Churches in India (NCCI), held 17-19 April in Hyderabad.

Organized by the India Peace Centre, the Youth Pre-assembly was held under the theme “The Hour has Come: The hour of Youth Building a World of Peace and Sustainability.”

 

Taize’s Br Richard: “Peace starts in our hearts”

Br Richard first came across the Taize Community when he was a high school student growing up in Berne, Switzerland. After he finished high school, he served as a Taize volunteer for one month. “That month became one year—and then I stayed here,” he said with a smile.

Young people encouraged to apply for Emerging Peacemakers Forum

The World Council of Churches, the Muslim Council of Elders and Rose Castle Foundation are hosting an Emerging Peacemakers Forum for young men and women working in civil society and international organizations, or for influential people in their societies, at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey. Young people who have previous experience in peace-making, conflict resolution, or conflict management, are also invited to apply, in addition to young people who are interested in spreading the values of peace where they live.

Seven Weeks for Water 2023, week 5: "Water: a gift of God, a public good and a human right. Should we privatize it?", by Rev. Dr. Donald Bruce Yeates

Originally published in 2020, the fifth reflection of the seven weeks for water 2023 of the WCC’s Ecumenical Water Network is by Rev. Dr. Donald Bruce Yeates, a minister of Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church of Suva, Fiji and a consultant chaplain at The University of the South Pacific. Bruce has been active in the Pacific since 1975 as an academic in social work, community development and social policy having served at the University of Papua New Guinea and The University of the South Pacific. In the following  reflection he underlines the importance of human right to water and the onslaught of privatisation in the backdrop of  world’s most famous bottled water which comes from his home country, the “Fiji waters”.