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The World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) launched a resource to address tech-facilitated gender-based violence.

Rev. Lynda Susan Katsuno died on 28 August at age 72 after a yearlong struggle with cancer. She was a pioneer of what is now the Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network. 

World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Water Network coordinator Dinesh Suna visited the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, in Brazil, to commend the institution's ongoing work related to water justice.  

Churches in Africa remained alert as the mpox disease spread in parts of the continent, prompting international health organizations to declare it a health emergency.

WCC leadership and ecumenical partners met online on 8 August with Christians based in Bethlehem representing a range of different organizations locally, to hear their testimonies, offer accompaniment and support in these times.

The war in Gaza continues, with the number of lives lost growing by the day and with an immanent risk of further escalation of war and conflict across the region. On 7 August, a delegation from the World Council of Churches (WCC) accompanied by partners from the Middle East Council of Churches, ACT Alliance, and Caritas Internationalis, heard the witness of some of those for whom this war has become a daily reality.  

Faith groups in Ethiopia are mobilizing humanitarian support, following a devastating landslide in Gofa Zone in Southern State that left at least 257 people dead, many injured and over 15,000 needing evacuation.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has announced the theme for the 2024 World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, to be observed 16-22 September. This week includes the UN International Day of Peace on 21 September, now in its 25th year.

Medical doctors working with mobile health units in Gaza operated by the Middle East Council of Churches Department of Services to Palestinian Refugees described the serious needs they are seeing among people who don’t have enough safe water, food, or medicines.