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Representatives of the World Council of Churches (WCC) joined tens of thousands of demonstrators in New York City for the "March to End Fossil Fuels." This powerful protest took place just before the United Nations General Assembly, where world leaders gathered for crucial climate discussions.

A seminar for colleagues of specialized ministries, being held 17-21 September, will offer an introduction to the ecumenical movement, especially the World Council of Churches (WCC).

"بيت لحم وكنيستها هما علامة أمل، ليس لمجتمع أو كنيسة محددة، ولكن للعائلة البشرية بأكملها" ، هذا ما قاله غبطة بطريرك القدس وعموم فلسطين "ثيوفيلوس الثالث" أمام تجمّع في مجلس الكنائس العالمي في جنيف.

A World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation will visit the Armenian Apostolic Church on 18-22 September. The visit will include an audience with His Holiness Karekin II, the Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians.

Christian leaders in North Africa are expressing their grief, as the powerful Mediterranean Cyclone Daniel killed thousands of people in the province of Cyrenaica in eastern Libya.

Belén y su Basílica de la Natividad son signos de esperanza no solo para una comunidad o iglesia, sino para toda la familia humana, dijo su beatitud Teófilo III, patriarca de Jerusalén y toda Palestina en una reunión del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias en Ginebra.

Bethlehem und seine Basilika seien Zeichen der Hoffnung, nicht nur für eine Gemeinschaft oder Kirche, sondern für die gesamte menschliche Familie, meint Seine Seligkeit Theophilus III, Patriarch der Heiligen Stadt Jerusalem und ganz Palästinas, bei einem Anlass beim Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) in Genf.

Pour Sa Béatitude le Patriarche Théophile III de Jérusalem et de Toute la Palestine, qui s’exprimait lors d’un rassemblement au Conseil œcuménique des Églises à Genève, Bethléem et sa basilique sont des signes d’espérance, non pas uniquement pour une seule communauté ou Église, mais pour toute la famille humaine.

In a joint greeting to the Lutheran World Federation Assembly, gathered in Krakow, Poland from 13-19 September, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Pillay and WCC moderator Bishop Prof. Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm reflected on the assembly’s theme, “One Body, One Spirit, One Hope.”

The new World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order held its inaugural meeting, where commissioners and the consultants came together to get glimpse of Christian encounter from many church traditions, and mapped out their work ahead together.

As a new academic year is officially underway, Bossey faculty and staff, together with 31 students from around the world gathered for an opening prayer service in the Bossey chapel on 13 September, embarking on what will be an intense period of ecumenical community building, academic learning, and discovering profound connectivity between them.

A global ecumenical prayer on 18 September will commemorate the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, being observed this year from 16-23 September. The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting online or in-person participation for people to pray, advocate, and stand in solidarity with people in the Holy Land.

Speaking through reflections and a sermon during an international peace gathering in Berlin, World Council of Churches moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm reflected on how people of faith can work to overcome suffering in a wounded world.