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Le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) s’est réuni du 12 au 17 novembre et a achevé sa session avec un sentiment d’espoir, malgré l’expression de ses vives inquiétudes pour les nombreuses injustices auxquelles le monde est actuellement confronté.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee closed its meeting after convening from 12-17 November, leaving with a sense of hope, even while publicly expressing grave concern over many global injustices facing the world today.

Le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises s’est réuni en personne pour la première fois en deux ans, à l’Institut œcuménique de Bossey pour des discussions et des prières.

Le comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) s'est réuni le 12 novembre - pour la première fois depuis deux ans - et a entamé ses travaux avec le désir de réimaginer l'avenir en identifiant certaines tendances et opportunités nées à la suite à la tragique pandémie de COVID-19. La réunion se déroule de manière hybride à l'Institut œcuménique de Bossey et par vidéoconférence.

As the World Council of Churches executive committee was meeting in-person for the first time in two years, they gather at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute for meetings and prayers.

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee convened on 12 November—face-to-face for the first time in two years—the governing body began its deliberations with a sense of reimagining the future by tracing some positive trends and opportunities born out of the grief-filled COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting is taking place in a hybrid fashion at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute and on video conference.

De la consolidation de la paix à la vie spirituelle, des droits de l'enfant à la planification de la 11e Assemblée, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) est un lieu très actif, comme l'ont découvert les étudiants de l'Institut œcuménique de Bossey du COE lors d'une "Semaine de réflexion" proposée par le personnel du COE.

From peacebuilding to spiritual life, from children’s rights to planning for the 11th Assembly, the World Council for Churches (WCC) is a busy place, as students from the WCC Bossey Ecumenical Institute learned during a “Week of Focus” offered by WCC staff.

A special COP26 service involving Christian churches and organisations from around the world will be held at Glasgow Cathedral on Sunday afternoon. (7 November). The event, which has been organised by Glasgow Churches Together, will be attended by guests from countries including Australia, Fiji, and Zimbabwe, as a show of solidarity for global climate justice.

The 5th Ecumenical Pilgrimage for Climate Justice from Poland to Glasgow crossed the English Channel from IJmuiden in the Netherlands to Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England on 11 October. They were given a warm welcome on site. 

In the lead-up to the UN climate change conference (COP26), to be held 1-12 November in Scotland, churches are strengthening their collective calls for climate action and justice.

At the G20 Interfaith Forum, which took place 12-14 September in Bologna, Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, spoke on religious commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those focusing on children, hunger, water and sanitation.