Messages and letters

Messages and pastoral letters

Easter letter to member churches
Letter to the president of Nigeria
Condolence letter to the Korean Christian Federation on passing away of Rev. Kang Young-sup
Condolence letter to the Ecumenical Council of Churches in the Czech Republic
Tenth General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches
Christmas Message 2011
Congratulations to new Bishop of Borg
Desmond Tutu's 80th birthday
Letter to churches in Japan
End of Ramadan 2011
Congratulations to new German president Gauck
Shock at assassination of Pakistan government minister Bhatti
Condolences following attack on UN House in Nigeria
Condolence letter to the churches and all faith communities of Belgium
Letter to churches in Aotearoa New Zealand
Greetings to the World Methodist Conference
Religious freedom in Cyprus
- Letter to UN commissioner and special rapporteur
Condolences to the Christian Council of Norway
Brazil landslides
Congratulation letter for the independence of South Sudan
Condolences to Russian Orthodox Church
Condolence letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
Condolence letter to the Coptic Orthodox Church
Congratulations to the 1000th follower of WCCs' Twitter feed
Release of detained Filipino health workers
Congratulations to new leading Bishop of the Church of Norway
Letter to WCC member churches on South Sudan referendum
Congratulations to new moderator of Christian Council of Norway
Christmas Message 2010
Letter to the UN secretary-general on Millenium Devolpment Goals
End of Ramadan 2010
To Middle East negotiators in Washington, D.C.
30th International Old Catholic Congress
Greeting to the 20th Congress of the Baptist World Alliance
Congratulations to new LWF president
Shooting of two Christians in Pakistan
Condolence letter to Uganda
Congratulations to Rev. Dr Jerry Pillay, World Communion of Reformed Churches
Extrajudicial killings of two lay ministers in the Philippines
Open letter to government leaders and churches concerning Haiti
Death of human rights activist in D.R. Congo
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula
Solidarity message to the Church of Christ in Thailand
United Methodist Women Assembly
Congratulations to Rev. Geoffrey A. Black, United Church of Christ
Congratulations to Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana
Greetings to D.R. Congo human rights workshop
Condolence letter to the Polish Ecumenical Council following the Smolensk plane crash
Condolence letter to the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church
Condolence letter to the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland
Condolence letter to the Roman Catholic Church
Condolence letter to the Polish ambassador in Geneva
Condolence letter following the terrorist attacks in Moscow
Solidarity message to the churches in Nigeria
Letter to the acting president of Nigeria
Letter to the president of Chile following the earthquake
Council of Christian Leaders in Iraq founded
Congratulations to the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon
Letter on abductions in the Philippines
Commendation of G7 debt cancellation for Haiti
100th anniversary of Evangelischer Pressedienst (epd)
Congratulations to Metropolitan Hilarion
Anniversary of Patriarch Kirill's enthronement
Congratulations to new Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej
Letter on Haiti to the Caribbean Conference of Churches
Solidarity with churches in Malaysia
Letter to the Uganda President
Congratulations to CEC president Metropolitan Emmanuel of France
Letter to the UN Secretary-General on the Goldstone report
Рождественское послание 2009
Congratulations to Lois Dauway
To heads of states/governments involved in the Six Party Talks
Congratulations to new EKD Council chairperson Margot KÃ¤ssmann
Congratulations to LWF general secretary-elect Martin Junge
Letter to the US President Barack Obama
Condolences to the families of the victims of Typhoon Morakot
To the members of the Greenland Dialogue
Letter to the United Church of Canada
Solidarity message to churches in Nigeria
Letter to the Nigerian president
Letter to the president of Pakistan
13th Assembly of the Conference of European Churches
Congratulations to new Council for World Mission moderator
Letter to Peruvian President GarcÃa
20th anniversary of 1st European Ecumenical Assembly
Congratulations to Indian Prime Minister Singh
Congratulations to Archbishop Vicken
Greetings to Ion Bria Conference
Letter to the President of Sri Lanka
Presbyterian Church in Taiwan assembly greetings
Presbyterian Church of East Africa assembly greetings
Letter to NATO member states
Letter to G20 countries on the current crisis
Congratulations to Bishop Johannes Hempel
Letter to the UN secretary general on the situation in DRC
Congratulations to new Russian Orthodox Patriarch
Letter to the President of Sri Lanka
Encouragement to member churches in the Middle East
Christmas Message 2008
Letter to the President of Sri Lanka
Congratulations to Church of Pakistan's new moderator
Letter to the Indian Prime Minister following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai
Letter requesting input to the Ecumenical Declaration on Just Peace
Letter to the churches in Iraq
Message to the Synod of Bishops XII Ordinary General Assembly
Blessing of the Holy Muron
Solidarity message to churches in India
Birthday wishes for Nelson Mandela
Message to the 34th General Assembly of the WSCF
Letter to WCC member churches in Korea
Letter to the South Korean President Lee Myung-bak
Message to the LWF Council meeting in Tanzania
Call on the UN to end violence in Zimbabwe
Invitation to WCC member churches to pray for Zimbabwe
On xenophobic violence in South Africa
Letter to the UN secretary general on Myanmar and China
Condolences for Chinese earthquake victims
Condolences to Myanmar cyclone victims
Letter of congratulations to Republic of Paraguay President-elect Fernando Lugo
Letter on Zimbabwe to the President of Zambia
Letter on Zimbabwe to the UN General Secretary
Letter to the Prelate of the Church of Greece
Alarming humanitarian situation in Gaza
Christmas Message 2007
Letter to the Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine
13-12-07 Letter to the President of Brazil
Letter to EU trade commissioner Mandelson on interim agreements with ACP countries
Annapolis Meeting: Letter to US, Israeli and Palestinian authorities
Letter to Metropolitan Dr. Joseph Mar Irenaeus
Message for the enthronment of Patriarch Daniel of Romania
Letter to the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Letter to the National Council of Churches of Korea
Letter to the Pacific Conference of Churches' Assembly
Letter to the ecumenical patriarch Bartholomew
Letter to the President of Rwanda
WCC calls on the ecumenical family to pray for Afghanistan hostages
Reconciliation among Oriental Orthodox Churches
24-05-07 Letter to the Grand Rabbin Izhak Dayan
18-05-07 Letter to the Prime Minister of Jordan
Renuka Mukerji Somasekhar
Letter to the Turkish Ambassador to the UN in Geneva
90th birthday Mar Chrysostom
Sri Lanka expression of concern
Birthday greeting to Pope Benedict XVI
LWF 60th anniversary
Anniversary abolition of trans-Atlantic slave trade
Letter to member churches of the WCC in the UK
Greetings to CCA 50th Anniversary
Epiphany letter
Wolfram Kistner
Lukas Vischer 80th birthday
Christmas message 2006
Fr Boulos Iskander
Congratulations to Muhammad Yunus
Congratulations to Ban Ki-Moon
Stabbing of Philippines bishop
North Korea nuclear testing
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Arms trade draft resolution
Recognition of Patriarch Theolophilus III
WCC/LWF/WARC appeal for end to violence
Appeal to the international community
Congo elections
Pastoral letter on the violence in the Middle East
Letter to members of UN Security Council
Pastoral letter on the violence in the Middle East
Children and armed conflict
Letter to President Bush regarding Cuba
WCC letter to member churches in Indonesia
WCC letter to Indonesian president
Letter to Brazilian churches
Response to US member churches
Human Rights Council
Philippines
Uganda children
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Congratulations to Evo Morales on election as President of Bolivia
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Escalation of violence in Sri Lanka (January 2006)
Christmas Message 2005
WCC letter to Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi
Respect for people and nature
UN reform
International Day of Prayer for Peace
Hurricane Katrina
Iraqi tragedy
Bomb blasts in London
An appeal on the crisis in Ethiopia
Carta a las iglesias de Bolivia
Letter to UK prime minister Tony Blair
WCC appeals to Libyan leader for clemency
Memorandum to the UN secrtary-general
Letter to Pope Benedict XVI
Sudan peace agreement
Christmas Message 2004
Letter to member churches in the US
Letter to Nobel peace prize-winner Wangari Maathai
Easter message
Christmas Message 1999