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A woman who works with youth in Kenya—young people who once turned to heinous crimes—had a group of young Christians, Jews, and Muslims weeping tears of compassion and joy as she recounted her tough upbringing and how she helps turn those youth from crime to community.

Peace is not a given these days, an international group of young Christians, Jews, and Muslims has heard from a woman whose father survived the Holocaust as she stressed the need to talk and listen to one another.

Children who gathered prior and during  the New Global Financial Pact, held 22-23 June in Paris, delivered a clear message to President Macron and world leaders: the existing colonial economic model must be replaced with one that prioritizes humanity over profits.

“Cargamos la cruz con dignidad y esperanza”. Estas fueron las primeras palabras de los cristianos de Oriente Medio cuando se dirigieron a la reunión del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias para dar testimonio de las cargas y los desafíos –pero también de la resiliencia– con los que viven a diario en la tierra donde nació el cristianismo.

“We carry the cross with dignity and hope.” These were the opening words as Middle East Christians stood to bear witness at the World Council of Churches central committee meeting, to the burdens and challenges – but also the resilience – that they live on a daily basis in the land where Christianity was born. 

Despite changes in child rights in recent decades, the world faces attacks on democracy, shrinking civil society space, and an unprecedented backlash against universal human rights, and these undermine child rights.

Thirteen-year old Ellyanne Chlystun-Githae has a serious message for the adults in the world: “While you are worrying about whether you have enough money to retire, people my age are worried about surviving in a world that is rapidly warming.”

In Renk, a small South Sudanese town on the banks of the White Nile, churches are working to help thousands of people fleeing the war in the neighbouring Sudan.

The latest group of World Council of Churches (WCC) ecumenical accompaniers reported incidents between 14 April and 22 May that ranged from violence to displacement, from harassment to intimidation in the West Bank. 

Marking 75 years since Al-Nakba—the Arabic term for the events of 1948, when many Palestinians were displaced from their homeland by the creation of the new state of Israel—religious leaders reflected on what Al-Nakba means today.

A World Council of Churches webinar on 25 April explored obstacles, opportunities, and strategies to combat racism, xenophobia, and racial discrimination in the church and in the world. Speakers led an exploration of overcoming obstacles in order to continue the quest for racial justice.

“Los soldados se fueron porque ustedes estaban observando”.

“Puedo cuidar a mi rebaño de ovejas cerca de la base militar porque me siento seguro en presencia de los acompañantes ecuménicos, y el acoso de los colonos es mucho menor cuando ustedes están por aquí”.

“Nos sentimos seguros cuando los acompañantes ecuménicos están presentes”.

Strengthening the link between Christian perspectives and practical action for human rights, a symposium on human dignity and rights took place in the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey on 25-26 April.

Amidst amplified calls for peace in Sudan, a glimmer of hope has spread in the northeastern African country, after fighting forces announced a 72-hour ceasefire.

"The soldiers went away because you were watching.”

“I am able to herd my sheep near the military base because I feel safe in the presence of ecumenical accompaniers, and settler harassment is much less when you are around.”

“We feel safe when the ecumenical accompaniers are present.”

The year 2023 marks a decade of diplomatic debate about autonomous weapons – so-called ‘killer robots’.  This decade has also seen accelerating development of such weapons systems in a number of countries.  But efforts in the context of the Convention on Certain Conventional

La participación significativa de las mujeres en la solución de conflictos y la construcción de la paz promueve una paz más sostenible, según las conclusiones del debate de un panel con mujeres activistas por la paz, después de la proyección del documental sobre la iniciativa de 2015 “Women Cross the DMZ” (Mujeres cruzan la zona desmilitarizada).

Meaningful participation by women in a conflict resolution and peace-building promotes a more sustainable peace, a panel discussion with women peace-makers concluded, after the screening of a documentary on the 2015 “Women Cross the DMZ” initiative.

Para los 380 000 palestinos que viven en Jerusalén Este, la vida diaria se ve a menudo empañada por desigualdades que afectan a todo: desde la vivienda, los servicios sanitarios, las guarderías y hasta la recogida de basuras. Aunque los palestinos representan el 39% de la población de la ciudad, existen muchas discrepancias en los servicios que reciben.