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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. 

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. 

Durante la reunión del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en Sudáfrica, el órgano rector celebró el extraordinario legado de las iglesias sudafricanas y sus dirigentes, que han encarnado un valiente testimonio cristiano en la lucha contra el colonialismo y el apartheid. 

Im Rahmen der Zentralausschusstagung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) in Südafrika hat das Leitungsgremium das außergewöhnliche Vermächtnis der südafrikanischen Kirchen und ihrer Führungspersönlichkeiten gefeiert, die ein mutiges Zeugnis im Kampf gegen Kolonialismus und Apartheid vorgelebt haben. 

Alors que le Comité central du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se réunissait en Afrique du Sud, l’organe directeur a célébré l’héritage extraordinaire des Églises sud-africaines et de leurs responsables, qui ont incarné un courageux témoignage chrétien dans la lutte contre le colonialisme et l’apartheid. 

In a context of major reductions in investment in health, development, and humanitarian support, the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee called on churches to provide hope for the health of people and communities. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, in a statement, lamented that atrocity crimes against individuals and communities have marred human history since ancient times, and called for better international guarding against such crimes, including genocide.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, in a minute, expressed concern for the right and title to St Catherine’s Monastery, an autonomous monastic community spiritually connected with the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, located at the foot of Mount Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, in a statement, reiterated the foundational assertion that rejects war as contrary to God’s will, and called for an immediate global ceasefire as a moral imperative.

In addition to affirming the World Council of Churches’ commitment to the peace process in Colombia, the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, in a minute, also recognized the migration emergency that particularly affects several Central American countries and which is becoming a humanitarian crisis.