On Thursday February 20, the Ecumenical Coordination of Service (Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço: CESE) hosted a Roundtable Dialogue on “Fraternity and Integral Ecology”, the theme of the 2025 Fraternity Campaign. The event was attended by theologian and biblical scholar Marcelo Barros, who shared his reflections on the relationship between fraternity and caring for our common home.
During the discussion, Barros emphasized the importance of integral conversion in the face of the socio-environmental crisis we are experiencing and in light of COP 30, which will be held in Belém in the state of Pará.
He invited us to reflect on how our actions impact the environment and future generations, and how important it is to adopt practices that promote social and environmental justice. He pointed out the importance of seeing indigenous and African spiritualities as examples of integrity. The event was an initiative of the Bahia Ecumenical Council of Christian Churches (Conselho Ecumênico Baiano de Igrejas Cristãs: CEBIC), the Ecumenical Coordination of Service (Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço: CESE), Caritas Northeast Brazil and the Ecumenical Centre for Biblical Studies in Bahia (Centro Ecumênico de Estudos Bíblicos: CEBI Bahia) for the construction of a fairer and more sustainable future.
The motto of the 2025 Fraternity Campaign is “God saw that everything was very good” (Gen 1:31).