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The World Council of Churches intergenerational climate justice project has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Keeling Curve Prize, a recognition for initiatives that offer solutions to reduce global warming.

Puppet characters Theo and Popette are helping children worldwide understand what the WCC is, and how it works for children’s rights.

Behind Bali’s luxury hotels, sandy beaches and lush landscapes pampering tourists from all around the world, one finds a heartbreaking poverty, and its most vulnerable victims are children.

Derrière les hôtels de luxe de Bali, les plages de sable et les paysages luxuriants où se font dorloter des touristes du monde entier, on rencontre une pauvreté bouleversante, et ses victimes les plus vulnérables sont les enfants.

The South Sudan Council of Churches, United Nations World Food Programme, and UNICEF have signed an agreement to work in partnership towards peace building to realize food security.

World Council of Churches (WCC) member churches across the globe are participating in a campaign to end violence in schools, an effort that is part of a larger partnership, called “Churches’ Commitments to Children,” between the WCC and UNICEF.

Many ecumenical pioneers, including former WCC general secretary Philip Potter, were in a sense a product of the Sunday School movement. Ulrich Becker tells a story that seems to be in danger of being forgotten.

Bon nombre de pionniers de l’œcuménisme, dont l’ancien secrétaire général du COE Philip Potter, furent en un sens un produit du mouvement des écoles du dimanche. Ulrich Becker raconte une histoire qui risquerait de tomber dans l’oubli.

Hundreds gathered in the Trinity Church in Oslo, Norway on 9 December for an ecumenical prayer for peace, in connection with the annual Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.

Protecting children from any kind of violence has always been and should remain an essential message of Christianity, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has told a gathering at the World Council of Churches (WCC) for World Children’s Day.

Protéger les enfants contre toute forme de violence a toujours été, et devrait toujours être un message essentiel du christianisme, a déclaré Sa Toute-Sainteté le patriarche œcuménique Bartholomée devant l’auditoire du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) rassemblé en l’honneur de la Journée mondiale de l’enfance.

The World Council of Churches and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) invite the media to celebrate World Children’s day on Wednesday, 21 November at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.

The voices of young people will ring through the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 21 November as part of global celebrations for World Children’s Day linked to other events involving the World Council of Churches (WCC) in different places.

Les voix des plus jeunes raisonneront dans les murs du Centre œcuménique le 21 novembre à Genève dans le cadre des célébrations pour la Journée mondiale de l’enfance, en lien avec d’autres événements impliquant le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) à divers endroits.

Archbishop Antje Jackelén, primate of the Church of Sweden, opened the ACT Assembly on 28 October in Uppsala with a sermon reflecting on the theme of the assembly, “Hope in action – putting people first.”

L’archevêque Antje Jackelén, primat de l’Église de Suède, a ouvert l’Assemblée d’ACT le 28 octobre à Uppsala avec un sermon articulé autour du thème de l’Assemblée «L’espoir en action – priorité́ à la personne».

Last week, around 500 youth workers and leaders from churches all over Norway gathered outside Oslo for a youth and faith conference to learn and to share knowledge and visions on Christian youth work.

Joint commitment and action for children on the move were at the heart of discussions as representatives of religious communities and faith-based organizations gathered in Rome on 16-18 October.

Religious leaders from across the globe gather in Rome on 16-18 October, to address the situation of children on the move.

Nowadays, children in Finland are offered blessings by their parishes in the beginning of each semester. The blessings take place in the local church, usually in connection with evening mass, but sometimes also during regular school hours.