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World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, after massive waves of drone and missile attacks by the Russian Federation on Ukraine, renewed the WCC’s call for an end to unconscionable violence.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed deep concern over the suffering caused by the escalating Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public health emergency of international concern, with hundreds of suspected infections and many deaths reported.

The Patmos Bible Summit opened on 13 May in Jakarta, Indonesia, drawing 250 participants from all over the world.  

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing will send a delegation to participate in the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva from 17-23 May. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order Commission, in partnership with the Faculty of Orthodox Theology “Saint Andrei Șaguna” at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania, will convene an international academic theological consultation on 13–14 May under the theme, “Ecclesiology, Moral Discernment, and the Church’s Mission in a Changing World.”