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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the loss and celebrating the life of Dr Thomas Wieser, a member of the United Presbyterian Church in the US, who was originally from Basel, Switzerland.

As Pope Leo XIV presided over the Mass of Inauguration on 18 May, he urged the world to walk toward God and to love one another—a message that resonated deeply with the World Council of Churches (WCC) leaders who attended the mass as well as a private ecumenical audience with Pope Leo on 19 May.

A webinar on 21 May, entitled “From Occupation to Annexation: Legal perspectives and the implications of current political realities for the occupied population,” will kick off a new World Council of Churches (WCC) campaign, “Stop annexation, end the occupation.”

Reports from the moderator and the director of the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs summarized the history of the Conference on Life and Work and looked forward at the commission’s upcoming discussions of emerging global trends. 

Señalando el notable deterioro de la situación en Haití, el Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha pedido un mayor compromiso y atención internacionales en una nota sobre el país caribeño.

Der Exekutivausschuss des Ökumenischen Rats der Kirchen (ÖRK) hat mit einem Verweis auf die deutlich verschlechterte Situation in Haiti in einem Protokollpunkt mehr internationale Aufmerksamkeit und Engagement gefordert.

Constatant que la situation s’est sensiblement détériorée en Haïti, le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), dans une note sur ce pays, a appelé à une attention et à une mobilisation internationales accrues.

Noting the situation in Haiti has deteriorated markedly, the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, in a minute on Haiti, urged more international attention and engagement.

Visitors to the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 13 May included 22 students from an international initiative between HTWG Konstanz (Germany) and Elizabethtown College (USA), as well as Outi Piiroinen Backman from Tuusula, Finland.

From 14-17 May, an international symposium on Nicaea is taking place in Bucharest, organized by the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian the Patriarch” University of Bucharest.