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El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha elaborado el primer manual concebido para asistir a las iglesias de todo el mundo en la promoción de la salud dentro y fuera del ámbito de sus comunidades.

Al comienzo de la Semana Mundial de la Inmunización, el 24 de abril, nueve líderes eclesiásticos de diferentes continentes asumirán su papel de promotores de la vacuna. Se unirán a un equipo de 300 promotores de la vacuna especialmente designados y movilizados por UNICEF para concienciar sobre los beneficios de la inmunización. 

A first-of-its-kind handbook has been created by the World Council of Churches (WCC) to help churches across the world promote good health in their communities and beyond.

When World Immunization Week kicks off on 24 April, nine church leaders from different continents will assume their roles as Vaccine Champions. They join a team of 300 specially assigned Vaccine Champions, mobilized by UNICEF, to raise awareness on the benefits of immunization. 

We pray in lament. We pray for our communities. We pray for our leaders. For protection. For healing.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will convene a global online prayer service on 26 March at 2 pm (CET) as part of “A Week of Prayer in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) began its Week of Prayer in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic on 22 March, with prayers and reflections of lamentation.

Oramos desde el lamento. Oramos por nuestras comunidades. Oramos por nuestros líderes. Por la protección. Por la sanación.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) celebrará un servicio mundial de oración en línea el 26 de marzo a las 14.00 (hora central europea), en el marco de la semana de oración por la pandemia de COVID-19.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se ha unido a más de treinta organizaciones sanitarias cristianas para expresar preocupación por el acceso desigual a los servicios de salud y a las vacunas contra la COVID-19. En una declaración, las organizaciones instan a los gobiernos, la comunidad internacional y las empresas farmacéuticas a abordar esta cuestión.

The World Council of Churches joined with more than 30 Christian health organisations in raising concerns about unequal access to health services and COVID-19 vaccines. In a statement, the organisations urge governments, the international community and pharmaceutical corporations to address this issue.

Religious leaders in South Africa signed a letter on behalf of The People’s Vaccine Campaign Of South Africa that urges the US medical team leading the COVID-19 pandemic response to address the global vaccine shortage, and urges the US government to take specific actions.

Online training for church leaders in Zimbabwe is helping them find creative, positive theologies to navigate the many challenging facets of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tras un proceso de consulta permanente entre los dirigentes de iglesia y los profesionales de la salud, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha publicado un Marco de respuesta ecuménica ante la COVID-19 para la salud mundial.

After ongoing consultations between church and healthcare leaders from many countries, the World Council of Churches has published an “Ecumenical Global Health COVID-19 Response Framework.”

Among the massive social dislocations caused by the coronavirus pandemic, perhaps none is as plaintive as those to churches. Around the world, church gatherings, liturgies, fellowship, and service projects have been canceled or postponed or migrated online, precisely when Christian communities and those who rely on them need them most.

The global pandemic has led to major structural increases in public expenditures to support health, incomes and employment. The question of who will ultimately foot the bill will need to be answered. A report launched on 15 June by the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation alerts that the economic burden must not fall disproportionately on disadvantaged groups and countries.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy International Reference Group and the WCC Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance HIV Strategy Group conducted their annual meeting via a series of online video conferences from 25-29 May.

The National Council of Churches in India and the World Council of Churches (WCC) cohosted a webinar on 4 June under the theme “Sustainable Environment: Churches in action.”

The World Council of Churches executive committee released a public statement on the role of churches in the context of COVID-19. Focused on love, steadfastness, hope and courage, the statement reflects on the damage COVID has wreaked over the last five months—and how churches can offer hope.