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El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha recibido el máximo galardón de Geneva Engage por su interacción virtual con el mundo a través de los medios sociales.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has received the top honor from Geneva Engage for the WCC’s online engagement with the world via social media.

The Geneva Engage Awards will be announced on 1 February—and the World Council of Churches (WCC) has been nominated for a fourth time.

During a meeting with World Council of Churches (WCC) staff, WCC central committee moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm shared insights from the assembly, the current financial situation and on how to strengthening the WCC’s relationship with member churches.

La cobertura mediática de la 11ª Asamblea del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), que se celebró en Karlsruhe (Alemania) en 2022, puso de manifiesto el interés mundial por la forma en que el ecumenismo puede abordar y abordará las acuciantes preocupaciones del mundo, como el cambio climático, la guerra en Ucrania y el conflicto entre Israel y Palestina.

Media coverage of the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly—held in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2022—indicated a global interest in how ecumenism can and will address the pressing concerns of the world, including climate change, the war in Ukraine, and the Israel-Palestine conflict.

El rostro –y las noticias– del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) han viajado por el mundo de muchas formas, desde un sitio web visitado más de dos millones de veces en 2022 hasta más de 92 000 seguidores y fans en las redes sociales.

From a website visited more than two million times in 2022, to more than 92,000 followers and fans on social media, the face—and the stories— of the World Council of Churches (WCC) have been travelling across the globe in many ways.

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca and WCC general secretary-elect Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed gratitude for the new Church of Sweden archbishop and primate of Uppsala Dr Martin Modéus.

The webinar “Rooting out gender cyberviolence: An introduction to social media monitoring” on 8 December will give WCC member churches and partners the opportunity to take action against the harmful—and growing—phenomenon of online gender-based violence.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted Focolare president Margaret Karram and co-president Jesús Moran, as well as other members of the Focolare community, on 28 November, offering a guided tour of the Ecumenical Centre, and discussing unity, reconciliation, inter-religious bridge-building, Faith and Order, and communications, among other issues of interest.

On 24 November, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas formally received the acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca for a meeting to discuss just peace in Palestine and Israel. 

Heads of churches in Jerusalem, World Council of Churches leaders, partners, and friends gathered in Jerusalem to commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.