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Joint ecumenical solidarity visit to Sudan

In solidarity visit to Sudan, WCC strengthens foundations for peace

The World Council of Churches led a delegation on a visit to Sudan from 18-22 April. The ecumenical group included the World Council of Churches (WCC), All Africa Conference of Churches, ACT Alliance, Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa Global Ministries, Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa, General Board Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church, and Norwegian Church Aid. 

25 April 2024
News
On the first day of Pesach (Passover) Jews gather to pray by the Western Wall in Jerusalem, considered as the most sacred and holy place for the Jews, Jerusalem 2019, Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC

El CMI felicita la Pascua al pueblo judío de todo el mundo

En nombre de la comunidad mundial, el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, hizo llegar sus saludos y mejores deseos al pueblo judío de todo el mundo con motivo de la conmemoración de la Pascua judía. 

25 April 2024
News
Climate change induced floods have affected many countries on the African continent in recent years. Here, local farmer James Kuony Malual walks through a flooded piece of land in Akobo, South Sudan.

As floods strike East Africa, church officials fear nature is hitting back

As climate change induced floods terrorize communities in East Africa, clerics and officials here fear that nature was hitting back.

Floods have struck Kenya and Tanzania, leaving behind a trail of death, destruction, and displacement. Floods are most intense in some of the same areas previously struck by a lengthy drought described by the UN as the worst in four decades.

25 April 2024
Interview
Nino Bossey Interview

"In the end, it comes down to…love each other"

There are new horizons opening for Νino Sadzaglishvili. After completing her master’s degree at Athens University, and taking a gap year, she was about to continue on to earn a PhD. But her Greek professors gave her some advice: look beyond the Eastern Orthodox reality and consider theological issues from the perspective of other churches.

24 April 2024
Publication
Joyful image of central committee members leaving the chapel of the Ecumenical Centre

WCC Annual Review 2023

For Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity

The annual review records many of the WCC’s activities undertaken in 2023 and continuing into 2024.

The year 2023 was one of new beginnings: the WCC central committee met in person for the first time since the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe in September 2022, the WCC commissions newly convened, and implementation of the WCC Strategic Plan for 2023- 2030 started. The WCC Annual Review includes a special visual section commemorating the WCC’s 75th anniversary and highlighting an unprecedented number of exhibitions that graced the Ecumenical Centre.

22 April 2024