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A delegation from the World Council of Churches (WCC) is visiting Colombia, conveying a message of the WCC’s commitment to accompanying and supporting the nation’s peace processes.

As the Church of South India Synod released its new website, www.csi1947.com, on 31 May, the World Council of Churches (WCC) extended congratulations and prayers for meaningful storytelling, images and expressions of hope.

Confrontés à l’une des plus graves crises de santé publique dans le monde, les chrétiens du Brésil maintiennent leur traditionnelle célébration de la Semaine de prière pour l'unité des chrétiens dans la période précédant la Pentecôte. Toutefois, pour la deuxième année consécutive, ils prieront sans se rassembler physiquement.

Le film «Silence radio», de Juliana Fanjul, a reçu le prix des Droits de l’Homme 2020, décerné par l’Association mondiale pour la communication chrétienne (WACC) et l’Association catholique mondiale pour la communication (SIGNIS).

Le long métrage documentaire dresse le portrait de Carmen Arestigui, journaliste et animatrice radio critique envers le gouvernement.  

The film “Radio Silence,” by Juliana Fanjul, has received the Human Rights Award 2020 from the World Association for Christian Communication and SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for Communication.

The feature-length documentary portrays government-critical journalist and radio host Carmen Arestigui. 

 

Upon the 20th anniversary of the UN Resolution 1325, the question is still being answered as to whether women’s important work in peace and security is getting the visibility it deserves.

Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), empfing am 6. März den früheren brasilianischen Präsidenten Luiz Inácio „Lula“ da Silva im Ökumenischen Zentrum in Genf.

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), received former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva, at the Ecumenical Centre on 6 March, in Geneva, Switzerland.

El Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), recibió al expresidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, en el Centro Ecuménico de Ginebra (Suiza) el 6 de marzo.

Le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), a reçu l’ancien président brésilien Luiz Inácio «Lula» da Silva, le 6 mars, au Centre œcuménique à Genève, en Suisse.

O Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, Secretário-Geral do Conselho Mundial de Igrejas (CMI), recebeu o ex-presidente do Brasil Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva no Centro Ecumênico em Genebra (Suíça) em 6 de março.

Rev. Dr P.C. Singh met with World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit on 10 October to discuss the ecumenical movement - today and tomorrow.

His Eminence Metropolitan Zachariah Mar Nicholovos of the Northeast American Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church celebrated his Episcopal Silver Jubilee, or 25 years in ministry, on 17 November. Metropolitan Nicholovos is a member of the WCC Executive Committee. In an interview with WCC Communication, he reflects on his 25-year milestone, as well as on the challenges and joys of the ecumenical movement today.

Une conversation sur le chemin du retour au Chili après la quatrième Assemblée du COE sema une graine œcuménique qui devint une magnifique expérience de l’unité chrétienne: l’accord de partenariat entre l’Église pentecôtiste du Chili et l’Église unie du Christ.

“We have sought to support dialogue as a means to resolve differences, and to reaffirm and strengthen calls for justice, peace and respect for diverse ways of thinking in contemporary societies”, reads a message issued by the members of an ecumenical delegation organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) that visited Nicaragua on 28-29 August.