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As Kenyan church leaders seek peace and dialogue, the groups are also demanding justice, the protection of freedoms and rights, and the rule of law, after protests left behind a trail of death, pain, and destruction. 

Experts in digital justice, communicators, and media representatives gathered for a side event to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 on 8 July. The summit is being held in Geneva from 7-11 July.

In an address before the Diakonia World Federation on 8 July in Tanzania, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay reflected on “Dancing the Faith, Drumming Up Hope: Ecumenical Diakonia and Our Global Crisis.”

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed deep concern regarding recent developments in Armenia involving the Armenian Apostolic Church, including reported law enforcement actions at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and the detention of senior clergy.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is involved in many different aspects of the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council, currently convening in Geneva from 16 June to 9 July. 

Faith-based groups, collaborating with their partners, including the World Council of Churches, will be advocating for digital justice at the “World Summit on Information Society +20,” to be hosted by the International Telecommunication Union from 7-11 July in Geneva. 

During an ecumenical conference on 30 June in Seoul, South Korea, Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, shared a keynote speech on “The Rise of Christian Far-Right Extremism and the Response of the Global Ecumenical Community.”

In a message coinciding with the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, faith-based groups representing more than 600 million Christians worldwide noted a “critical moment” for global financial transformation.

At the closing prayer of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee on 24 June, the WCC governing body shared music, reflections, and movement after a weeklong gathering full of public statements, business decisions, and deep discernment.