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We are very hopeful—if not more hopeful than ever—that the assembly will take place in Karlsruhe,” said Dr Agnes Abuom, WCC central committee moderator. “Member churches should prepare their delegations to actually attend.”

WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca also expressed his clear commitment to move forward with the assembly. “I would like to assure you the pandemic cannot keep us from having an assembly,” he said. “Churches in Germay, and the government in Germany, are doing their best to assure we have an assembly.”

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Photo: WCC / Screen capture from the World Council of Churches Central Committee meeting, taking place online, 9 February 2022.

More than 400 people participated in an olive tree planting and solidarity event in the West Bank village of Burin. The gathering, organized by Rabbis for Human Rights, occurred in the wake of an extremist attack two weeks ago on people planting olive trees.

As the solidarity event began, settlers from Givat Ronen attempted to reach the area. However, they were rebuffed by the army, with whom the event was coordinated.

Rabbis for Human Rights executive director Avi Dabush stated: “This picture of hundreds of Israelis, including those injured by the Jewish terrorists, returning to the scene of the attack, two weeks after it occurred, represents a significant victory. We declared that we will not give in to violence and that we would return to the field to stand in solidarity with Palestinian olive farmers against those who regularly attack them.”

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“It is both connected to the river delta and the ocean, which connects our islands not only to the vast blue Pacific continent of large ocean states but also by the sea to all of you,” explained Bhagwan.

The United Nations has declared 2022 as The International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture.

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The award, presented by the Geneva Internet Platform, DiploFoundation, and Cantone de Geneve, encourages convergence around development, human rights, digital and other policy issues between communities worldwide and International Geneva, host of many international negotiations with an impact across countries and continents.

“During 2021, most of all, the WCC continued to use its social media channels to spread a message of hope—whether that hope was related to digital justice, a violence-free world, or hearing the voices of vulnerable communities,” said WCC Communication director Marianne Ejdersten. “Social media channels were crucial in helping people access over 100 online productions—including webinars, webcasts, podcasts, and video messages—that shared the prophetic work of WCC member churches.”

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Despite the ongoing pandemic, the Ecumenical Institute has held sway and in September 2021 was able to welcome a student body of 33 students to begin their studies at Bossey.

Alongside the regular components of studies at Bossey, such as engagement with local church communities, visits to ecumenical partners and the Vatican, and not least the half-year-long experience of living in community with fellow students from all over the world, the study year of 2021/2022 also saw the Ecumenical Institute mark no less than 75 years of ecumenical formation.

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Daoud Nassar, director of Tent of Nations, an educational and environmental farm southwest of Bethlehem, reflected that the situation is difficult for many local Palestinian Christians, who might feel like a minority population.But Jesus spoke to the minority, Nassar noted.

“He was talking to a small minority that made a big difference,” he said.

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The church is inviting all who seek an end to war and a future of peace in Korea to join with Korean partners to sign the appeal.

The global campaign calls for a peace treaty that would bring a formal end to the Korean War. The campaign, supported by some 370 civil society organizations in Korea and beyond, seeks to collect 100 million signatures by 2023.

The National Council of Churches (USA) has challenged the United Church of Canada to join them in support of the Korea Peace Appeal by adding 10,000 signatures to the online petition by this summer.

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Photo: Grégoire de Fombelle/WCC