Living letters solidarity visit to Kenya, 30 January to 3 February 2008

The team said the situation needed more than talking and prayers for the country, but prayers, especially for those in camps more than ever before, needed to be offered continuously. To signify the need for peace in the country, the team handed over a candle of peace to the Vice President a sign of peace to the country.

Religion & Ethics has published a feature story on Kenya, accompanied by a short video from the World Council of Churches' Living Letters solidarity visit to Kenya.

Die christlichen Kirchen in Kenia bemühen sich nach Angaben des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) in Genf "mit aller Kraft ihren Teil dazu beizutragen, dass das Land nicht in einen Genozid abgleitet". Sie strebten eine langfristige Heilung an und seien dabei auf die fortdauernde Unterstützung internationaler ökumenischer Partner angewiesen

As mediation to solve the disputed Kenyan presidential election enters a critical phase, top-level figures from the two parties have met an international ecumenical delegation, which asked them to move on from the electoral dispute and seek a compromise solution.

Nairobi (ENI). Some Christian leaders in Kenya have commented on what they say is the inability of the country's churches to speak with one voice about the violence that has followed disputed presidential election results, and which has led to the deaths of around 1000 people. "I want to express my concern; we don't seem to be speaking in one voice at this critical time," Anglican Bishop Gideon Ireri of Mbeere in eastern Kenya told Ecumenical News International on 5 February.

As mediation to solve the disputed Kenyan presidential election enters a critical phase, top-level figures from the two parties have met an international Christian delegation, which asked them to move on from the electoral dispute and seek a compromise solution.

Dimanche, 3 février, de 20h00 à 21h00: Claire Lesegretain, chef adjointe du Service Religion au journal La Croix nous brosse un tableau de la situation à Nairobi et des attitudes adoptées par les Eglises autour de ces tensions. Elle a pu participer à la délégation du Conseil Oecuménique des Eglises au Kenya du 30 janvier au 3 février 2008.

Une délégation du Conseil oecuménique des Églises est arrivée mercredi 30 janvier au soir à Nairobi pour trois jours de dialogue, d'écoute et de prière.

WORSENING VIOLENCE in Kenya has brought fresh pleas for peaceful political dialogue from church leaders.

GENF/ROM, 29. Januar 2008 (ZENIT.org).- Eine internationale Delegation des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) wird vom 30. Januar bis 3. Februar nach Kenia reisen, um den Kirchen, die sich inmitten der eskalierenden Gewalt in ihrem Land aktiv für Frieden einsetzen, ihre Solidarität zu bekunden und sie seelsorgerlich zu unterstützen.