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Elder Metropolitan John Zizioulas of Pergamon passed away on 2 February at the age of 92.

He served as assistant secretary to the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order from November 1967 to September 1970.

At an ecumenical service hosted at St Paul’s Anglican Church by the Barbados Christian Council, those gathered prayerfully explored the symbols of stones and water as “the beginning of a decolonized spiritual practice.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) publication highlights the lessons learnt from the project Strategic Engagement of Civil Society Networks and Faith Actors in the HIV Response in India, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, and Jamaica.

Un servicio con motivo de la Semana de oración por la unidad cristiana reunió a representantes de veinticinco iglesias de Ginebra en la capilla del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) el 18 de enero.

In a service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, representatives from 25 churches in Geneva drew together in the World Council of Churches chapel on 18 January.

Aa the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity opened on 18 January, the World Council of Churches staff and partners gathered in a spirit of unity to “Do good; seek justice,” the theme of this year’s special week.

La cobertura mediática de la 11ª Asamblea del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), que se celebró en Karlsruhe (Alemania) en 2022, puso de manifiesto el interés mundial por la forma en que el ecumenismo puede abordar y abordará las acuciantes preocupaciones del mundo, como el cambio climático, la guerra en Ucrania y el conflicto entre Israel y Palestina.

Media coverage of the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly—held in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2022—indicated a global interest in how ecumenism can and will address the pressing concerns of the world, including climate change, the war in Ukraine, and the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Days before the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins, many across the world are getting ready by accessing the resources prepared by the Minnesota Council of Churches, based in the USA.

Como expresión de la profunda tristeza del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) tras el anuncio hecho hoy por la Santa Sede del fallecimiento de su santidad, el papa emérito Benedicto XVI, el secretario general en funciones del CMI, Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, declaró:

“En nombre del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, expreso nuestro más sentido pésame por el fallecimiento del papa emérito Benedicto XVI. Fue el primer papa procedente de un país, Alemania, con un equilibrio más o menos equitativo entre protestantes y católicos, y que estuvo en el centro mismo de la Reforma del siglo XVI”.

Expressing the profound sadness of the World Council of Churches (WCC) following the announcement by the Holy See of the death of His Holiness Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI today, the WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca stated:

“On behalf of the World Council of Churches, I express our deepest condolences on the passing of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. He was the first pope to have come from a country, Germany, with a roughly equal balance between Protestants and Catholics, and one that had been at the very centre of the 16th century Reformation.”

A webinar on the global food crisis, responses, and innovations brought the voices of people from across the world in a frank assessment of what the human face of the crisis looks like—and why the world needs a fundamental shift in the way it manages food.

A hybrid-style event, "Global Food Crisis and the Responses – A comprehensive update and discussion,” to be held in Rome on 14 December will update the civil society and faith communities on the latest status of the food crisis and the need for policy responses at local, national, and global levels.