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The 11th edition of the Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations will assess the trends and opportunities for the participation of civil society, and specifically faith actors, in all stages from policy formulation to implementation if the world is to achieve sustainable development, peace and security and enjoy human rights and rule of law.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has newly published resources for the 2024 World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, to be observed 16-22 September. This week includes the UN International Day of Peace on 21 September, now in its 25th year.

Upon news that three civil society leaders were taken out of a plane at the Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare, were tortured, then released to the police the following day, WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay reiterated the WCC’s condemnation of all forms of torture and clampdown on civil society.  

A pioneering workshop on “Drafting the National Strategy for Managing Religious, Ethnic, and Cultural Diversity in Iraq” was held from July 23-25. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) released a second edition of the “Ecumenical International Youth Day 2024 Toolkit: Young People and Their Voices from the Warzones.” 

Un nuevo informe, titulado “We have values that are needed: Faith Actors and their role in Civic Space” (Tenemos valores que son necesarios: los actores religiosos y su papel en el espacio cívico), a cargo de la Dra. Elisabet Le Roux y auspiciado por DanChurchAid, ACT Alianza y el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), fue presentado el 18 de junio en un evento paralelo celebrado en el marco del 56^o período de sesiones del Consejo de Derechos Humanos en Ginebra.

Un nouveau rapport intitulé «Nos valeurs sont nécessaires: les acteurs religieux et leur rôle dans l’espace civique» (We have values that are needed: Faith Actors and their role in Civic Space) d’Elisabet Le Roux présenté par DanChurchAid, l’Alliance ACT et le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a été publié le 18 juin à l’occasion d’un événement parallèle lors de la 56e session du Conseil des droits de l’homme à Genève.

The ecumenical world is mourning the passing of Rev. Dr Gondarra Oam, a giant in the life of the Uniting Church and Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress, and a revered Yolŋu leader.

A new report, entitled “We have values that are needed: Faith Actors and their role in Civic Space,” by Dr Elisabet Le Roux, cobranded by DanChurchAid, ACT Alliance, and the World Council of Churches (WCC), was released on 18 June at a side event during the 56th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee closed its meeting in Bogota, Colombia, on 11 June, the governing body and its hosts in Colombia came away with historic moments of dialogue that advanced the Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity in unprecedented ways.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) cohosted a hybrid consultation in Geneva, focusing on the critical nexus of land, water, and food. The event convened distinguished international experts, community leaders, and activists to discuss sustainable solutions and the interdependencies of these vital resources.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay sent greetings to the gathering for the Moster 2024 Jubilee in Norway on 1 June. “I offer a special greeting to Presiding Bishop Olav Fykse Tveit, our former WCC general secretary,” said Pillay. “Moster 2024 celebrates the advent of law in Norway, brought in the name of Christianity through King Olav II’s assembly of bishops in Moster a thousand years ago.”

After the recent suppression of the People’s Water Forum in Bali, Indonesia, water justice groups—among them the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Water Network—have emerged stronger than ever, offering a key platform for the voices of civil society to be heard.