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With great sadness, the United Church of Canada announced the death of Rev. Dr Lois M. Wilson, the denomination’s 28th  moderator, and the first woman to fill the role. She faithfully served as moderator from 1980 to 1982. Wilson died in hospital in Fredericton, NB, on 13 September. She was 97 years old.

The annual gathering of the European Christian Internet Conference (ECIC) focusing on the use of artificial intelligence and other new technologies took place on 9-11 September in Bossey and Geneva, Switzerland.

During a keynote lecture on 10 September at the European Christian Internet Conference in Geneva, Hovig Etyemezian, head of Innovation Service at the UN Refugee Agency, shared ways that artificial intelligence can be harnessed for good. 

The European Christian Internet Conference (ECIC) opened on 9 September under the theme “What is truth? Ethical and Practical Issues in the use of Artificial Intelligence,” drawing an array of speakers with diverse insights on a rapidly-changing world. 

From 19-30 August, 27 church and youth leaders from 23 countries gathered in Limuru, Kenya, for the 7th edition of the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics, and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School). The participants included church leaders, pastors, theological students, finance, economics, and ecological justice experts.

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. 

The annual gathering of the European Christian Internet Conference will take place 9-11 September in Bossey and Geneva, Switzerland, focusing on the topic “What is truth? - Ethical and practical issues in the use of Artificial Intelligence.”

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay denounced the missile strikes on Kyiv and other densely populated areas of Ukraine, which killed at least 34 people, and which severely damaged two of the country’s main hospitals for children and women, including the country’s largest paediatrics facility.

An online event entitled “Save Children’s Lives: Climate-Responsible Banking” on 3 July highlighted how investments in new fossil fuel expansion imperil the wellbeing of children, youth, and future generations, inspiring action to hold accountable those investing in fossil fuels.