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On 14 October, the leadership of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) headquarters while attending the Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in Geneva, being held 13-17 October. 

The Ecumenical Diakonia Reference Group, established by the World Council of Churches (WCC), held its inaugural meeting in Yerevan, Armenia, from 30 September to 2 October. The group, cochaired by Rev. Pauliina Parhiala (Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission) and Rebecca Teiko Sabah (Presbyterian Church of Ghana), focused on topics such as climate justice, decolonization, and diaconal collaboration. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC), along with global faith organizations, raised urgent awareness of the growing hunger crisis through the "Weekend of Prayer and Action Against Hunger." Inspired by Isaiah 58—"to loose the chains of injustice, untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free...and share our food with the hungry"—this global movement called on faith communities to take spiritual and practical steps to help end hunger.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is joining the Church of Sweden in commemorating, in a variety of ways, the church’s engagement for ecumenical diakonia, mission, peace and justice. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has released new resources to combat racism and bias. 

On 16 October, during World Food Day, the World Council of Churches (WCC) will host an international webinar to address the worsening global food crisis. Featuring voices from the United Nations, civil society, academia, and faith communities, the event will examine the systemic causes of hunger and explore ways to empower women and children, the most vulnerable to food insecurity.

On 7 October, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Notre Dame University in Sydney, Australia. He then delivered an address entitled “The Need for Dialogue Today.”

Churches and Christian communities worldwide are invited to use the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2025 resources which are now available online in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Arabic.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will begin a “Campaign of Hope: Mental Health and Wellbeing for All” and convene a global alliance to enable faith communities to become environments that promote and sustain mental health and wellbeing. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Staff Planning Days are being held at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, offering staff an opportunity to reflect and plan together on the Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity. 

The Ecumenical Institute at Bossey in collaboration with Faith and Order will host an international hybrid conference themed “Nicaea and its meaning for today” from 4-8 November. 

The Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar and Old-Catholic Church in Switzerland convened at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey on 3 October. The group also paid a visit to the new offices of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva.