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Statement on the Escalating Crisis in Gaza

The executive committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), meeting in Bogotá, Colombia, on 6 to 11 June 2024, lifts up the suffering of the civilian population of Gaza in the midst of the ongoing attacks in the territory, with a death toll now surpassing 36,000 people, over two-thirds of them children and women, more than 83% of the population displaced (in most cases repeatedly), the complete destruction of medical, educational, and other civilian infrastructure, with more than 50% of homes destroyed, leaving over one million people homeless.

11 June 2024

Executive committee

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Kenya 1

Christians in Kenya mark Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

At the Orthodox Patriarchal Cathedral of St Anargyroi Church in Nairobi, Christians joined for ecumenical services to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the annual event celebrated from 18-25 January.

23 January 2024

Statement on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines

Statement on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines by the WCC central committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-27 June 2023.

28 June 2023

Central Committee

Statement on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines

Statement on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines by the WCC central committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-27 June 2023.

27 June 2023

Central Committee

Moderator of Central Committee

Lecture - Speech

Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm: "Just Peace through Military Force? Peace Ethical Considerations in Light of the War of Aggression against Ukraine"

Lecture of the World Council of Churches central committee moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm delivered at the Kitzingen deanery, a regional church district near Würzburg, Germany.

22 May 2023

WCC expresses solidarity with Patriarchate of Jerusalem in call for protection of holy sites

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay condemned an attack that took place in the Church of Gethsemane in Jerusalem and expressed solidarity with the Patriarchate of Jerusalem in calling for international protection of holy sites.

20 March 2023

Feature story

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity celebrated at St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in New York City

The new St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in New York City hosted a special Week of Prayer for Christian Unity service in a church that was previously destroyed by terrorist attacks on 11 Sept. 2001.

08 February 2023

Cameroon religious leaders call for peaceful resolution

As people in Cameroon work and pray for peace, both solutions and challenges are on the path in front of them.

26 January 2023

Feature story

Girl, art performance, Arusha conference

Virtual side event precedes Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, recalls Durban conference

Preceding the first session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (Permanent Forum), the World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted, on 29 November, a webinar entitled “The New UN Forum on People of African descent: realising the promises of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action?”

01 December 2022

Was zum Frieden dient: die Welt zu Versöhnung und Einheit bewegen

"Was zum Frieden dient: die Welt zu Versöhnung und Einheit bewegen", Erklärung der 11. Vollversammlung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) in Karlsruhe, Deutschland.

22 September 2022

Assembly

The Things That Make For Peace: Moving the World to Reconciliation and Unity

"The Things That Make For Peace: Moving the World to Reconciliation and Unity", Statement of the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany

08 September 2022

Assembly

Church leader joins commemoration to mark 50 years since attack at Olympic Games

Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria travelled from the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Karlsruhe, Germany, to join a 5 September ceremony marking 50 years since 11 Israeli athletes died in a terrorist attack at the Olympic Games in Munich.

07 September 2022

WCC expresses dismay at attack on St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Ramallah

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca voiced solidarity with the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem as it condemned an attack on the St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Ramallah on 18 August.

19 August 2022

Feature story

Christian Association of Nigeria calls for more security after lethal attack on train

After an armed gang in northern Nigeria killed eight people, injured two dozen more, and abducted some of the 400 passengers on a train, the Christian Association of Nigeria repeated demands for greater government security.

14 April 2022

WCC condemns attacks in Israel, expresses solidarity

In the wake of a series of violent attacks in Israel, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca condemned the attacks and extended condolences to those who lost loved ones.

31 March 2022

His Beatitude Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, Photo: Peter Williams/WCC

“Coexistence”, el libro del arzobispo Anastasios de Tirana, Durrës y toda Albania, aporta una voz reconocida a la condición humana

La nueva publicación del CMI, “Coexistence: Peace, Nature, Poverty, Terrorism, Values (Religious Perspectives)” (Coexistencia: paz, naturaleza, pobreza, terrorismo, valores [perspectivas religiosas]), del arzobispo Anastasios de Tirana, Durrës y toda Albania, está ahora disponible en versión impresa y como libro electrónico.

24 March 2022

«Coexistence », le livre d’Anastasios, archevêque de Tirana, Durrës et de toute l’Albanie, fait entendre une voix renommée sur la condition humaine.

Une nouvelle publication du COE, « Coexistence : Peace, Nature, Poverty, Terrorism, Values (Religious Perspectives) » par Anastasios, archevêque de Tirana, Durrës et de toute l’Albanie, est désormais disponible en version papier et en eBook.

24 March 2022

Neues Buch „Coexistence“ von Anastasios, Erzbischof von Tirana, Durrës und ganz Albanien präsentiert renommierte Stimme zur conditio humana

Ab heute ist eine neue englischsprachige Publikation des ÖRK mit dem Titel „Coexistence: Peace, Nature, Poverty, Terrorism, Values (Religious Perspectives)“ von Anastasios, dem Erzbischof von Tirana, Durrës und ganz Albanien, in Papierform sowie als eBook verfügbar.

24 March 2022