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Prayer in the Chapel of the Ecumenical Centre

La prière d’ouverture du Comité central du COE rend hommage aux disparu-e-s

La prière d’ouverture du Comité central du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), qui a eu lieu le 15 juin, a rendu hommage à l’ensemble des collègues disparus, avant un hommage particulier au métropolite Gennadios.

16 June 2022

WCC central committee opening prayer offers tributes to those who have passed away

The opening prayer of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, held 15 June, offered tributes to colleagues who have passed away, including special tributes to the late Metropolitan Gennadios.

15 June 2022

A WCC pilgrim team visit to Italy was facilitated by the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) and hosted by the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy (FCEI).The group visited church-related initiatives to support refugees and migrants in Palermo, Lampedusa and Rome. At the Methodist temple in Rome, the WCC delegation had the opportunity to visit the exhibition "Listen to my Voice", sponsored by the Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy and the Clewer Initiative, May 2022, Photo: WCC

Webinar on World Refugee Day will focus on statelessness and the “Interfaith Affirmations on Belongingness”

On 20 June, World Refugee Day, a World Council of Churches (WCC) webinar will focus on statelessness and the recently addopted “Interfaith Affirmations on Belongingness.”

14 June 2022

Un siècle de théologie œcuménique désormais à portée de main

Première publication numérique substantielle du Conseil œcuménique des Églises et sa plus grande collection gratuite, les Documents de Foi et constitution ouvrent de nouvelles possibilités pour les intellectuels, les œcuménistes et quiconque s’intéresse à parcourir les méandres de la voie qui mène à l’unité chrétienne.

09 June 2022

Cross-regional journalists will present work on migration and refugees

All are invited to celebrate the result of the World Association for Christian Communication’s (WACC) five-month, cross-regional journalist training program on migration and refugee issues via an online presentation on 9 June.

07 June 2022

One century of ecumenical theology—now at your fingertips

As the World Council of Churches’ first substantial digital publication and its largest free collection, the Faith and Order Papers open a new frontier for scholars, ecumenists, and anyone interested in traversing the twists and turns of the path towards Christian unity.

07 June 2022

WCC Pilgrim Team Visits accompany communities in Italy, Armenia, Norway

Three World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrim Team Visits, one to Italy, a second to Armenia and a third to Norway, are continuing the WCC’s accompaniment for communities in their quest for justice and peace under the theme of “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” through the lenses of post-war trauma healing, gender justice, and migration.

31 May 2022

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WCC visit to Italy harvests examples of the churches’ unconditional support to refugees and migrants

The Central Mediterranean route is the overseas crossing from North Africa to Italy. Those migrating on this route generally aim to reach Italian shores but leave from a variety of North African countries bordering the Mediterranean. Though in past years most migrants have departed from Libya, which is a destination for migrants as well as a transit country, there is also a proportionally small but growing number of departures from Tunisia, Egypt, and Algeria.

27 May 2022

Relics sit on the altar, as Sunday service is celebrated in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint George, Church of Cyprus, in Paralimni. The service is attended by participants in an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly that brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022.

Les réflexions sur « Que disent les Églises sur l'Église » partagent les fruits de la Commission Foi et constitution du COE

Ci-dessous, la pasteure Susan Durber, modératrice de la Commission Foi et constitution du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) et Son Éminence l'évêque Maxim, de l'Église orthodoxe serbe et membre de la Commission Foi et constitution du COE, commentent la publication « Que disent les Églises sur l'Église ? »

La publication, qui présente les principales conclusions et propositions des réponses à « L'Église – Vers une vision commune », fait partie des nombreux fruits récoltés par les groupes d'étude de la Commission Foi et constitution du COE pour la 11^e Assemblée du COE.

25 May 2022

Reflections on “What Are the Churches Saying About the Church” share fruits of WCC Commission on Faith and Order

Below, Rev. Dr Susan Durber, moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order and His Eminence Bishop Maxim, from the Serbian Orthodox Church and a WCC Faith and Order commissioner, reflect on the publication “What Are the Churches Saying About the Church?”

The publication, which presents key findings and proposals from responses to “The Church: Towards a Common Vision,” is among the many fruits being harvested by the study groups of the WCC Faith and Order Commission for the WCC 11th Assembly.

19 May 2022

WCC hones plans for conference commemorating 1700th anniversary of the first Ecumenical Council at Nicaea

The World Council of Churches Commission on Faith and Order is proposing a Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order in 2025, a year that will mark the 1700th anniversary of the first Ecumenical Council at Nicaea.

19 May 2022

Isabel Apawo Phiri speaking in Working Together meeting, Bossey, 2022

Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC deputy general secretary, featured in African Catholic Voices podcast

Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC deputy general secretary, was featured in an episode of African Catholic Voices podcast, a service of the Pan-African Theology and Pastoral Network. The episode, which aired 3 May, focuses on Phiri’s call on the churches in Africa to embrace life-affirming practices and reject all life-denying cultural, institutional, and denominational practices that harm God's people.

16 May 2022

People hold signs at a June 3, 2020, Black Lives Matter protest in Eugene, Oregon. Participants were protesting the murder of George Floyd and other African-Americans by police. "I can't breathe" is a reference to some of Floyd's last words as he was choked to death by a policeman.

Webinar will explore how racial justice landscape has evolved

A 25 May webinar—held on the exact same date of the tragic killing of George Floyd—will explore how the racial justice landscape has evolved, particularly in the United States as well as at the United Nations (UN).

12 May 2022

Webinar explores "Sacraments and Sacramentality of the Church/The Theme of Sin in Relation to the Church as Such”

A webinar held 3 May continued exploration of ecumenical ecclesiology with the theme “Sacraments and Sacramentality of the Church/The Theme of Sin in Relation to the Church as Such.” The webinar was part of a continuing series offered by the World Council of Churches Faith and Order Commission.

09 May 2022

“Church, Mission, and the Bonds of Koinonia” highlighted through bilateral dialogue webinar

As part of an ongoing series on bilateral dialogues, the World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted a webinar, “Church, Mission, and the Bonds of Koinonia,” on 27 April that brought in voices from the Anglican Communion, World Communion of Reformed Churches, and World Pentecostal Fellowship.

05 May 2022

Women praying during Sunday Service, Tanzania

"Sacraments and Sacramentality of the Church/The Theme of Sin in Relation to the Church as Such” webinar will continue exploration of ecumenical ecclesiology

An upcoming webinar on 3 May will explore the theme of “Sacraments and Sacramentality of the Church/The Theme of Sin in Relation to the Church as Such” as part of a continuing series offered by the World Council of Churches’ Faith and Order Commission.

22 April 2022

“Church, Mission, and the Bonds of Koinonia” will be highlighted through bilateral dialogue webinar

As part of an ongoing series on bilateral dialogues, the World Council of Churches (WCC) will host a webinar, “Church, Mission, and the Bonds of Koinonia,” on 27 April that will bring in voices from the Anglican Communion, World Communion of Reformed Churches, and World Pentecostal Fellowship.

14 April 2022

Spiritual path to the WCC 11th Assembly continues with Holy Week Bible studies

As the series of Bible studies leading up to the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly continues, the focus moves to Holy Week and Easter. Below, Dr Ani Ghazaryan Drissi, WCC programme executive for the Faith and Order Commission, reflects on how churches, together, can focus on Holy Week in the context of of preparing for the assembly.

14 April 2022