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«C’est avec tristesse que nous avons appris le décès de Julio Hector de Santa Ana, référence dans le domaine de la théologie œcuménique dans une perspective libératrice», a déclaré le pasteur Jerry Pillay, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE). J. de Santa Ana est décédé le 17 avril à Genève, en Suisse.

“It was with sadness that we received the news of the passing of Prof. Dr Julio Hector de Santa Ana, a reference of ecumenical theology in a liberating perspective,” said Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC). De Santa Ana passed away in Geneva, Switzerland, on 17 April.

“I didn’t have any document that says who I am, so I started to look for answers that would help me to understand the real definition of my condition as a stateless person”, said Maha Mamo in a video interview published by World Council of Churches communications.

Le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, a déclaré aux participants du troisième rassemblement mondial du Forum chrétien mondial (FCM) à Bogota, en Colombie, que le FCM joue un rôle admirable dans le renouvellement de la confiance entre les participants et dans l’ouverture de nouvelles voies de coopération.

Rev. Prof. Dr Rudolf von Sinner, professor of Systematic Theology, Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue as well as moderator of World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Education and Formation Commission, offered a public lecture on 13 April at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva as part of the WCC’s ongoing observance of its 70th anniversary this year.

El viernes por la tarde, cuando los líderes de los Estados del G20 se reúnan en Hamburgo para debatir asuntos económicos, sociales, medioambientales y políticos mundiales, las iglesias de Alemania invitan a los habitantes de Alemania y del mundo entero a una oración común por la paz.

«Nous péchons tous contre le Saint Esprit lorsque nous faisons fi du changement climatique», a déclaré le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du COE, au cours de la journée d'ouverture de la 24e Conférence mondiale pentecôtiste, à São Paulo, au Brésil, le 7 septembre dernier.

Comme tous ceux qui suivaient et acclamaient les Jeux olympiques de Rio 2016 à travers le monde, des responsables d’Églises ont exprimé leur soutien à l’équipe olympique des réfugiés et évoqué la place de choix qu’elle offrait aux réfugiées et aux réfugiés en compétition.

Last Sunday, the “Twin Consultation” on “Reformation – Education – Transformation” wrapped up at the Francke Foundations in Halle, Germany. Held six months after the first consultation in São Leopoldo, Brazil, the five-day session in Halle became a vibrant meeting point and a juncture between different religious contexts from the global North and South.

For public theology, “the essential and pressing task of the churches and theological education is to foster love, dialogue, forgiveness, reconciliation” says Prof. Dr Rudolf Von Sinner.

Interview with the WCC general secretary, who is currently in Brasilia, about violence committed in the name of religion, human rights and climate justice in Brazil.

Strengthening their common indigenous identity and involvement in church life, young leaders from the Sami community of the Church of Sweden, a member church of the WCC, met recently with indigenous counterparts in Brazil.

Rev. Dr Odair Pedroso Mateus, professor of ecumenical theology at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland and acting director of the WCC Commission on Faith and Order, has been confirmed as the new Faith and Order director.

Rubem Alves of Brazil, one of the foundational thinkers behind Latin American “liberation theology”, died at the age of 80 on Saturday 19 July. This scholar, teacher, activist, psychotherapist and author is being commemorated by colleagues, former students, journalists and others, including heads of state.