As faith leaders digest the complex discussions and ideas generated during the 2024 G20 Interfaith Forum and International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development Forum in August, common threads have begun to emerge that point to pathways of hope and global cooperation.
As the International Day Against Nuclear Tests is observed on 29 August, World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs director Peter Prove, who visited the Pacific island nation of Kiribati in July, shares a perspective on the nuclear testing legacy.
The value of human life is priceless, and decisions about life or death cannot be delegated to machines, stated a faith-based dialogue on lethal autonomous weapons at the United Nations in Geneva on 27 August.
Hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and supported by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, a faith-based dialogue on lethal autonomous weapons will take place at the United Nations in Geneva and online on 27 August.
Hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and supported by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, a faith-based dialogue on lethal autonomous weapons will take place at the United Nations in Geneva and online on 27 August.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended solidarity and support to the Bangladeshi people as the nation faces a critical time of uncertainty.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the loss of Robin Gurney, a communicator with a passion for unity who passed away on 16 July in Oxford.
Members of the Ecumenical Forum for Peace, Reunification & Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula (EFK) gathered online for an informal meeting on 25 June, seeking new ways to work for peace in the region in cooperation with their North Korean partners and agreeing not to give up on relationships nurtured for decades.
I was a hippie when I first laid eyes on the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva. Well, not exactly a hippie, since I had just graduated at the top of my class with a Master of Divinity from Waterloo Lutheran Seminary in Canada. But I did have long hair and an extravagant fashion sense.