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In a letter to Sen. Maynard Alfred, chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs & Trade of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the World Council of Churches (WCC) urged the nation to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

Eine junge Methodistin aus Samoa, die aktiv an der Gestaltung des Gebetsgottesdienstes mit Papst Franziskus im Rahmen von dessen Besuch beim Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) in Genf mitgewirkt hat, sagt, es sei sehr wichtig, dass gerade junge Menschen ausgewählt wurden, um die Gebete und Botschaften in dem Gottesdienst zu lesen.

A young Samoan Methodist who had a role in the prayer service with Pope Francis during the pontiff’s visit to the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva says it is significant that young people were chosen to read prayers and messages.

La joven metodista samoana que participó en el servicio de oración con el papa Francisco durante la visita del pontífice al Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en Ginebra dice que es importante que se eligiera a gente joven para leer las oraciones y los mensajes.

At a Welcome Service on 13 August for the 2017 Annual Conference at the Centenary Methodist Church in Suva, Fiji, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit offered a sermon that reflected on what it means, spiritually and ecologically, to exist in deep water.

Fiji President, Major-General (Retired) Jioji Konrote has urged the World Council of Churches (WCC) to support the Fiji Presidency at the 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23), the 2017 climate change conference in Bonn, Germany.

„Sie sind die erste. Sie sind die erste von allen Mitgliedskirchen des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen weltweit, die die Morgendämmerung jedes neuen Tages begrüßt und Gott preist“, sagte ÖRK-Generalsekretär Tveit während einer Predigt am 6. August in der Centenary Chapel der Freien Wesleyanischen Kirche von Tonga in Nuku‘alofa.

“You are the first. You are the first among all the member churches of the World Council of Churches around the world to greet the dawn of every new day and to praise God,” said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit in a sermon delivered 6 August at the Centenary Chapel of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga in Nuku’alofa.

“Ustedes son las primeras. Son las primeras, entre todas las iglesias miembros del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, en saludar al amanecer cada nuevo día y en alabar a Dios”, dijo el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), en un sermón pronunciado el 6 de agosto en la Capilla Centenaria de la Iglesia Wesleyana Libre de Tonga en Nuku’alofa.

The first of a series of 12 monthly Bible studies inspired by themes related to the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace is now available online on the website of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

After a concerted examination of the evidence presented at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons and two earlier conferences, 44 of the states present called for a ban on nuclear weapons. The host government Austria added momentum with a specific, cooperative pledge to “fill the legal gap for the prohibition of nuclear weapons” and eliminate them.

Indigenous peoples have a role to play in the struggle against climate change, indigenous faith leaders said during a panel at the Interfaith Summit on Climate Change held at the Church Center for the United Nations in New York City.

Los pueblos indígenas tienen un papel que desempeñar en la lucha contra el cambio climático, dijeron los líderes religiosos indígenas durante un panel en la Cumbre Interreligiosa sobre el Cambio Climático celebrada en el Centro de la Iglesia para las Naciones Unidas en la ciudad de Nueva York.

As young people help to facilitate the meeting of the WCC's governing body, they are pursuing a collective pilgrimage of their own.

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity has been globally celebrated this year with prayers, reflections, ecumenical services and events focusing on Paul’s question in Corinthians 1 “Has Christ been divided?” a theme for this year’s prayer materials, prepared by the Canadian churches.