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Ecumenical Forum on Korea in Bangkok, 2019 — Director of the WCC's CCIA Peter Prove, general secretary of the NCCK Rev. Lee Hong Jung (South Korea) and the chairperson of the KCF Rev. Kang Myong Chol (North Korea) holding hands in prayer and solidarity for peace and reunification on the Korean Peninsula during the EFK meeting in Bangkok in 2019.

Interview

Peace and unity on the Korean Peninsula matters globally

Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca with quote on vaccines

News

As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, WCC urges religious leaders to combat misinformation

His Holiness Porfirije speaks at the Conference of European Churches assembly in Novi Sad, Serbia, 2018.

News

WCC receives with joy the election of His Holiness Porfirije as Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Houses in Maelah Refugee Camp-Thailand-Myanmar.jpg — "The WCC supports the call to preserve the sanctity of life and human dignity and rights, for asylum seekers from Myanmar." – Here, houses in the Mae La refugee camp near the border to Myanmar, in Thailand, March 2019.

News

WCC urges respect for human rights, dignity, for asylum seekers from Myanmar

People gathered at Saint Peter’s Cathedral in February 2021. — Gathered at Saint Peter’s Cathedral in Geneva, February 2021.

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The ecumenical spirit at Calvin’s Cathedral

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As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, WCC urges religious leaders to combat misinformation

24 February 2021
News

WCC receives with joy the election of His Holiness Porfirije as Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church

24 February 2021
News

WCC urges respect for human rights, dignity, for asylum seekers from Myanmar

24 February 2021

WCC 10th Assembly in Busan

The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches

From 31 August to 8 September 2022 in Karlsruhe, Germany, under the theme "Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity"

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Church voices have joined the chorus demanding respect for indigenous peoples’ rights and eco-justice in connection with Standing Rock, a location at the heart of the struggle against the proposed path of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in North Dakota, USA.

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Steven D. Martin/NCCCUSA/WCC

Event

Seven Weeks for Water 2021

17 February - 29 March 2021
Event

WCC Eco-School 2021 for Pacific region on Water, Food and Climate Justice

22 - 28 February 2021

Event

WCC Faith and Order Commission

23 - 25 February 2021

Online

Event

Applications open - Bossey Online Course

01 March 2021

Online

The Ecumenical Prayer Cycle

Prayer is at the very heart of the ecumenical movement. Jesus prayed that we – his followers – may all be one. When we pray with and for one another, we can feel God’s gift of unity.

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Prayer

France, Germany, Monaco

20 - 27 February 2021

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Anna Karin Hammar, Uppsala, September 2018

COVID-19 Resources

WCC resources in view of the Coronavirus

Green village, Geneva, Switzerland

Green Village - Go further, go together

A unique project in Geneva's international district