.jpg)
ITALY
The tragic destruction of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas is an opportunity for Haiti and the world to rebuild a nation free from poverty and prejudice and based on justice and compassion, said the president of Caritas Haiti. Bishop Pierre Andre Dumas of Anse-a-Veau et Miragoane also appealed to the international community to make aid be "more humane" in a way that respects human dignity and is free from self-interest, speculation, and politics.
.jpg)
PERU
Lima, Thursday, February 4, 2010
Indigenous groups from 14 countries around the region sought to take advantage of and defend their traditions and teachings to combat climate change in the second Latin American summit on Climate Change Impacts on Indigenous Peoples: Post Copenhagen, held Jan. 25-26 in Lima. + Details
USA
Chicago, Wednesday, February 3, 2010
An official Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) delegation of clergy and lay leaders will travel through Europe Feb. 3-17, visiting world Christian church leaders and key staff based in London, Istanbul, Rome and Geneva. The 2010 Ecumenical Journey, led by the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, ELCA presiding bishop and president of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), is part of the church's declaration of ecumenical commitment, adopted by the 1991 ELCA Churchwide Assembly. + Details
ECUADOR
Quito, Tuesday, February 2, 2010
President Rafael Correa´s double about-face on an intrepid plan to preserve one of the most biodiverse corners of the Amazon rain forest has put the initiative at risk. Correa had invited the international community for donations of US$3.50 billion over 10 years if Ecuador did not drill in the oil-rich fields located in the Yasuní National Park, the country´s largest.The Ishpingo Tiputini Tambococha, or ITT fields, sit within the park, which is also home to a number of indigenous communities, and hold 856 million barrels of crude, which could generate US$7 billion for the cash-strapped government. + Details
SWITZERLAND
Geneva, Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Rüdiger Noll, Director of the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches (CEC),explains: “The economic crisis has revealed that a socially, ecologically, and globally committed market economy is morally far more demanding than is generally realised. In order to endure, market structures must be embedded in a system of values supported by all relevant stakeholders. It is an ethical task to balance self-interest with economic, social and ecological responsibility.” + Details
COLOMBIA
Monday, February 1, 2010
"Why is the government, which is so generous towards the richest sectors of the economy, so stingy towards the displaced?" asked activist Marco Romero at the presentation of a new report on the dire situation faced by the millions of Colombians who have been forced out of their rural homes by the country's nearly half-century old armed conflict. + Details
BRAZIL
Porto Alegre, Thursday, January 28, 2010
The campaign to collect offerings for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti, being carried out by the Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession in Brazil (IECLB, Portuguese acronym), has so far received $12.000,00, which have been sent on January 26 to the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), informed Pastor Walter Altmann, President of the IECLB. + Details
HONDURAS
Tegucigalpa, Thursday, January 28, 2010
On Tuesday, January 19, in the facilities of the Christian Development Commission (CCD, Spanish acronym), the visiting ELCA commission, coordinated by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), met with members of the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) Honduras National Table. At the meeting, attorney Leonel Casco, Coordinator of the Ecumenical Watch on Human Rights of CLAI, explained to the visitors the work being carried out by the Ecumenical Watch in its two months of operation. + Details
BOLIVIA
La Paz, Thursday, January 28, 2010
Evo Morales began his second term as president of Bolivia by swearing in a cabinet made up of an equal number of women and men - unprecedented in this South American nation with a strong patriarchal tradition. "My great dream has come true: half of the members of my cabinet are women, and half are men," said a visibly moved Morales when he presented his new team of ministers Saturday, the day after he was sworn in to a second term. + Details
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Like the rest of the world, we have been deeply saddened and perturbed as we continue to witness the pervasive devastation and distress which, sadly, constitutes the reality in which our beloved Haitian sisters and brothers are challenged to exist currently. + Details
, Puerto Príncipe, February 2 2010
What role should the media play in covering a natural disaster?
, Toronto, January 24 2010
Unnatural Devastation in Haiti: Joëlle Vitiello, Haitian Literature Researcher
, St. Paul, February 5 2010
JOëLLE VITIELLO
, La Paz, February 1 2010
DUNIA MOKRANI CHáVEZ
, Nueva York, January 25 2010
KATHARINE JEFFERTS SCHORI
, Toronto, January 17 2010
MARDI TINDAL
World Student Christian Federation – North America (WSCF-NA) Activities and Programs 2010
Nueva York, February 4, 2010
Methodist Church of Chile Elects New Bishop
Some 200 delegates of the Methodist Church of Chile, gathered at their Assembly in El Vergel, Angol, from January 20-24, elected the Rev. Mario Martínez Tapia as their new bishop.
Santiago, February 3, 2010
Response By American Baptist Churches/USA To Arrests Of Baptist Group Members In Haiti
American Baptist Churches/USA Press Statement: “In the news, reporters are referring to the group of ten missionaries arrested over the weekend as "American Baptist" or from an "American Baptist church" because they are from the United States, but the expressi
February 2, 2010
Without a doubt, the people of Haiti have the strength and the creativity they need, and together, we cannot permit this tragedy to be used by those who have always sought to stifle this popular will, in order to impose a model and brand of reconstruction in a
January 22, 2010
Caribbean book is a cry for life
A new publication on economic and ecological justice by church-based economists and justice advocates in the Caribbean region is a call to action for churches worldwide according to the Guyanese editor of the book.
Ginebra, January 20, 2010
Two ELCA leaders call for immigration reform in a new book, 'They Are Us'
April 30, 2009
Gathering in Brazil, Reformed youth commit themselves to a full life for the whole of creation
April 1, 2009
Literacy campaign for Quechua speakers in Peru receives support from the Peruvian Bible Society
December 16, 2008
Protestants now just over half of US adults, study finds
February 28, 2008
General Secretary and six more officials of CLAI resign
February 28, 2008
John Calvin Anniversary Sermon Competition
February 28, 2008
Cuban leader meets Vatican envoy
February 27, 2008
Assmann, a pioneer of liberation theology, has died.
February 25, 2008
February 22, 2008
Fujimori jailed for abusing power
December 11, 2007