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World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed deep sorrow and grave concern over the recent tragic developments in Syria, where, according to some sources, more than 1,000 civilians, primarily from the Alawite community, have been massacred.

More than 107 faith-based groups—including the World Council of Churches—released a joint statement on 5 March entitled “Joint Interfaith Statement to the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.”

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay spoke at a JC2033 Unity Night global gathering on 27 February. 

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay will speak at a JC2033 Unity Night global gathering on 27 February. 

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay welcomed the decision by Israel's Supreme Court, ordering the return of Khirbet Zanouta Palestinians to their village in Hebron’s Masafer Yatta area in the West Bank, by 16 February, after they fled due to settler violence. 

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay has described the proposal of US President Trump as “tantamount to proposing full-scale ethnic cleansing and neo-colonization of the homeland of the 2 million Palestinians of Gaza.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has launched the “Turn Debt into Hope” campaign, a global call to address debt injustice and climate inequality, which prevent vulnerable nations from meeting fundamental human rights.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay was invited by Yerlan Alimbayev, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and permanent representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations