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Quatre pré-assemblées du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) sont sur le point de se réunir, attirant des centaines de personnes désireuses de partager leurs réflexions sincères et les difficultés de leur vie, dans un espace de confiance. Les pré-assemblées comptent les Peuples autochtones, le Rassemblement œcuménique des jeunes, le Réseau œcuménique de défense des personnes handicapées et la Communauté juste de femmes et d'hommes.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will join many in honoring indigenous communities across the world on 9 August. Designated by the United Nations as “International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples,” this year the day is particularly honoring indigenous people for seeking unique solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for leading the way in sustainable living in a post-COVID-19 era.

Partis de centres urbains ou de petites îles du Pacifique, de massifs montagneux ou de communes rurales, plus de 170 autochtones se sont réunis cette semaine dans l’estuaire du fleuve qui parcourt les terres traditionnelles des Samis. Leur conférence, intitulée «Processus de réconciliation et populations autochtones: vérité, guérison et transformation», a rassemblé des représentantes et des représentants de plus d’une vingtaine de sociétés autochtones en marge des réunions du Comité central du COE à Trondheim, en Norvège.

Canadian church leaders issued a joint statement endorsing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) and promising to implement its principles. Doreen Spence, an aboriginal Canadian who was one of the architects of the declaration, welcomes the move.

What do Indigenous peoples expect of churches in light of the report of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission on church-run residential schools for aboriginal children?

What do indigenous peoples expect of churches in light of the report of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission on church-run residential schools for aboriginal children? Perry Bellegarde, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, responds.

An historic vote in Canada has set the stage for close cooperation between two North American churches.

The nuclear attack on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945 revealed the brutality and dangerous logic of war, money and power, according to an Indigenous Anglican bishop from Canada.

Réunie du 17 au 24 juin, la nouvelle Commission de Foi et constitution du COE a commencé à définir ses principaux axes d’étude œcuménique et d’activités communes pour la période allant de 2015 à la prochaine Assemblée du COE, en 2020.

Bishop Mark MacDonald shared views on indigenous peoples and climate change in an interview with WCC Communications. "We are entering an era in which the public has a broader awareness of the rights of indigenous peoples," he said.

Since 1982 there has been only one official statement of the World Council of Churches (WCC) on mission and evangelism. Now in 2012 the WCC's Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) is preparing another statement to invoke new understanding of mission and evangelism amidst changing world and ecclesial scenarios.

Wilhelm Pierola Iturralde is the president of the Bolivian Association "Joining Hands for Life", an initiative of the Presbyterian Hunger Programme which works closely with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to address water problems in Bolivia. Iturralde was one of the participants at the Global Forum of the Ecumenical Water Network in Kenya, Nairobi.

Resettlement of people displaced by the consequences of climate change was highlighted as a major concern for churches at a gathering of ecumenical representatives from Asia and the Pacific region.

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By Rosina Duarte (*)