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World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, following South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed attempt on 3 December to impose martial law, expressed solidarity and support for the Korean churches, and all ecumenical and civil society partners working to defend human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in this time of crisis.

In a statement released 4 December, the National Council of Churches in Korea condemned the sudden declaration of martial law by president Yoon Suk Yeol, and committed to restoring democracy in the nation. 

During a visit to Canada, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay shared an address on 5 December in Toronto commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Canadian Council of Churches. 

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay will visit Canada from 4-9 December, a visit during which he will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Canadian Council of Churches, as well as meet with member churches and ecumenical organizations in Canada.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay met with His Holiness Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo, Egypt.

The North America-Turtle Island regional gap-year session, a critical convening between World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meetings, took place online 12-14 November. 

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay and WCC moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm extended congratulations to Bishop Kirsten Fehrs, who has been elected chair of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay offered a joyful congratulations to the new moderator of the ACT Alliance Governing Board, Nicolás Rosenthal. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is attending the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions, hosted by the Organization of African Instituted Churches from 5-7 November in Nairobi, Kenya.

The ACT Alliance General Assembly closed with message of both urgency and hope from the 300 delegates from across the globe who gathered in Indonesia under the theme “Hope in Action: Together for Justice!”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the loss of His Beatitude Catholicos Aboon Mor Baselios Thomas I, head of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church in India.

As the 4th ACT Alliance General Assembly opened, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay reflected on the assembly theme “Hope in Action: Together for Justice!”