Commission of the Churches on International AffairsDirector’s report at the opening session of the CCIA 60th meeting / Life and Work Centenary Consultation, Athens, 18 May 2025.
Commission of the Churches on International Affairs Moderator’s address at the opening session of the CCIA Life and Work Centenary Consultation, Athens, 18 May 2025.
In his report to the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay reflected on what it means—amid wars, rumours of wars, violence, trade wars, climate catastrophes, retaliations, and the quest for self-protection and preservation of identity—to be God’s family.
In seinem Bericht an den Exekutivausschuss des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) hat ÖRK-Generalsekretär Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay darüber reflektiert, was es inmitten von Kriegen, Kriegsdrohungen, Gewalt, Handelskriegen, Klimakatastrophen und Vergeltung und der Suche nach Selbstschutz und Bewahrung der eigenen Identität bedeutet, Gottes Familie zu sein.
En una declaración conjunta, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda el África (AACC), la Comunidad de Consejos Cristianos e Iglesias de los Grandes Lagos y el Cuerno de África (FECCLAHA) y ACT Alianza expresan su profunda preocupación y condenan firmemente la escalada de hostilidades en Sudán, y en particular los recientes ataques en la ciudad de Puerto Sudán perpetrados por las Fuerzas de Apoyo Rápido.
In einer gemeinsamen Erklärung haben der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen, die Gesamtafrikanische Kirchenkonferenz, die Gemeinschaft christlicher Räte und Kirchen an den Großen Seen und am Horn von Afrika und die ACT Alliance ihre tiefe Sorge über die Eskalation der Gewalt im Sudan und besonders die jüngsten Angriffe auf die Stadt Port Sudan durch die Rapid Support Forces beklagt und aufs Schärfste verurteilt.
Dans une déclaration commune, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises, la Conférence des Églises de toute l’Afrique, la Communauté des Églises et conseils chrétiens de la région des Grands Lacs et de la Corne de l’Afrique et l’Alliance ACT ont fait part de leurs vives inquiétudes concernant la violente aggravation des hostilités au Soudan, en particulier les récentes attaques des Forces de soutien rapide contre la ville de Port-Soudan. Des agissements qu’ils ont fermement condamnés.
In a report before the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, Bishop Prof. Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator of the WCC central committee, reflected on the urgent need for peace, the hope found in a common Easter, and the legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and others whose lives still inspire and uphold the ecumenical movement.
In his report to the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay reflected on what it means—amid wars, rumours of wars, violence, trade wars, climate catastrophes, retaliations, and the quest for self-protection and preservation of identity—to be God’s family.
As drone bombs strike Port Sudan, Archbishop Ezekiel Kondo, primate of the Episcopal (Anglican) Church of Sudan, expressed concern at the attacks, fearing this would further escalate the two-year war in the northeastern African country.
In a joint statement, the World Council of Churches, All Africa Conference of Churches, Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa, and ACT Alliance expressed deep concern and strong condemnation of the violent escalation of hostilities in Sudan, specifically the recent attacks on the city of Port Sudan by the Rapid Support Forces.
Joint statement by the World Council of Churches, All Africa Conference of Churches, Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa, and ACT Alliance on the violent escalation of hostilities in Sudan and the recent attacks on the city of Port Sudan by the Rapid Support Forces.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed profound sorrow and concern over an aerial attack on the Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) hospital in Old Fangak, South Sudan, on 3 May.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed profound sorrow and concern over an aerial attack on the Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) hospital in Old Fangak, South Sudan, on 3 May.
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed shock and outrage over the horrific massacre committed in Salha, Omdurman, on 27 April. Reports received from the area describe mass executions of unarmed civilians, arbitrary arrests under the so-called "Strange Faces Law," and the appalling treatment of human remains, with bodies piled among car tires.
Statement by the World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay on the horrific massacre committed in Salha, Omdurman in Sudan on 27 April.
El secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, expresa su profunda conmoción por los recientes ataques en Darfur del Norte (Sudán), especialmente los perpetrados contra los campos de desplazados de Zamzam y Abu Shouk, y la ciudad de El Fasher.
Der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, zeigt sich tief bestürzt über die jüngsten Angriffe in Nord-Darfur, Sudan, und verurteilt besonders die Überfälle auf die Vertriebenenlager in Zamzam und Abu Shouk und auf die Stadt Al Fasher.
Le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, s’est dit profondément choqué par les récentes attaques dans la région du Darfour du Nord, et plus particulièrement par les assauts menés contre les camps de Zamzam et d’Abu Shouk et contre la ville d’El Fasher.
