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When
is the right time to ban a very bad thing? Nations have faced the
question in banning slavery, torture, chemical weapons and more. Over
one hundred governments and civil society organizations including the
WCC are debating the question again at a United Nations working group on
nuclear weapons. The forum meets three times in 2016.
How
can we begin building peace in an era of religious extremism and acts
of terror? Start by reaching out in your own neighborhood, suggests Rev.
Arshad Gill, general secretary of the Presbyterian Church of Pakistan.
The
500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 should be a profoundly
ecumenical, as well as European and international celebration, according
to Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, chair of the Council of the
Evangelical Church in Germany.
The
Evangelical Church of Greece has been helping immigrants for more than
20 years, but has grown its effort to unprecedented levels in the past
few years, months and even every day.
Some
3,000 people answered a call by Berlin’s Protestant church to march for
“openness and tolerance” as a response to a demonstration in the German
capital by extreme rightwing groups.
The
African continent bears witness to the tragic consequences of the
manipulation of religion to incite violence. Yet it is also the home of
untold instances of the power of religious leaders and actors to exert a
positive influence, said panellists at an international meeting in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, today.
A
gathering hosted by the National Council of Churches in India on 26
April allowed 50 participants to deliberate on the World Council of
Churches statement “Economy Of Life: An Invitation To Theological
Reflection and Action.”
Between
7-27 March, more than 100 images with the hash tag #7Weeks4Water were
posted by Instagram users who joined the World Council of Churches (WCC)
contest. Most of them told stories about water justice, illustrating
the Lenten campaign “Seven Weeks for Water,” promoted by the WCC
Ecumenical Water Network annually since 2008.
The
WCC general secretary issued a statement urging the international
community to put an end to the “culture of impunity” in Syria. The
statement comes on the heels of news reports from Syria of an air strike
that targeted the Kammouneh Syrian refugee camp, killing at least 28
people and severely injuring dozens of others.
What
is the role of religious actors from Africa in preventing incitement to
violence which could lead to atrocity crimes? This will be the focal
point of a meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 9-11 May.
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