The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem proclaim to the world an Easter message of life and hope. “It is the same message first announced to the women who had come to mourn at Christ's tomb,” the text notes. “The Lord had risen indeed!”
Una formación organizada el 15 de abril por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ayudó a los dirigentes eclesiales a tomar conciencia de que el propósito de los litigios climáticos no es necesariamente ganar casos concretos, sino cambiar las políticas gubernamentales y el comportamiento de las empresas.
Auf einem Workshop des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) am 15. April konnten Kirchenleitende lernen, dass es bei Klimaklagen nicht unbedingt darum geht, einzelne Prozesse zu gewinnen, sondern die Politik von Regierungen und das Verhalten von Konzernen zu verändern.
Die Schwestern der Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace-Gemeinschaft, einer Gemeinschaft katholischer Nonnen in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey/USA, haben in den vergangenen vier Jahren Aktionärsbeschlüsse in Bezug auf die Citigroup beantragt, in denen sie die Muttergesellschaft von einer der größten Investmentbanken der Welt dringend auffordern, ihre finanziellen Verflechtungen mit Projekten für fossile Brennstoffe zu überdenken, die indigenen Gemeinschaften Schaden zufügen.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) organized a joint seminar on 16 April at the National Council of Churches in India in collaboration with the India Peace Center, Nagpur, India. The seminar launched a series of webinars on land, water, and food to address climate justice through a nexus approach.
On this Easter morning, we praise Jesus Christ, who has triumphed over death, and we pray that our people and the whole world may walk in the path of new life.
In a message for Easter 2025, and on the second anniversary away from Episcopal Anglican Cathedral Khartoum due to the war in Sudan, Most Rev. Ezekiel Kondo, archbishop and bishop of Khartoum, reflected that many are celebrating Easter away from their loved ones.
Dr Suhaila Tarazi, director of Al Ahli Arab Hospital (Ahli) in Gaza City, shared her reflections during Holy Week—the dire situations facing the patients, what gives her hope, and her Easter message to all people of goodwill across the world.
A training hosted 15 April by the World Council of Churches (WCC) helped church leaders realize that climate litigation isn’t necessarily about winning individual cases—it’s about changing government policies and corporate behavior.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expresses deep shock over recent attacks in North Darfur, Sudan, particularly the assaults on displacement camps in Zamzam and Abu Shouk, and the town of El Fasher.
It is with profound joy that I extend to Your All-Holiness, on behalf of the World Council of Churches, our warmest congratulations upon the wonderful news that Your All-Holiness has been chosen to receive the 2025 Templeton Prize.
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended greetings to all Jewish communities around the world on the joyous occasion of Passover.
The Sisters of St Joseph of Peace, Catholic nuns located in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (US), have spent the past four years filing shareholder resolutions related to Citigroup, urging the parent company of one of the world’s largest investment banks to rethink its financial ties to fossil fuel projects that harm Indigenous communities.
Each year, this year for the fifth time, Shia Muslim students from the Risalat International Institute (co-located in Iran and in Great Britain), under the direction of Dr M A Shomali, joined the Bossey Ecumenical Institute students for dialogue, prayer, and fellowship.
During a visit with churches and communities in Bangladesh, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay met with religious leaders, participated in interfaith dialogues, and expressed solidarity for all those in Bangladesh coping with devastation from climate change.
At the beginning of the Holy Week of Easter, on 13 April, the celebration of Palm Sunday in the Ukrainian city of Sumy was transformed into a day of lamentation, by yet another Russian missile attack.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed solidarity with the peace and justice efforts from Bangladesh’s interim government.
