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Colombia tray lunch June 2022

Colombian delegation calls upon international community to revive “vital support”

As a group of three laureates of the “National Human Rights Award in Colombia” engaged in meetings with diplomats and United Nations representatives in Geneva, a tray lunch event was organized on 8 June at the Ecumenical Centre by the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance to offer the delegation the opportunity to share about the deterioration of the peace process in the country and the importance of international solidarity.

09 June 2022

People on the street in Pyongyang, North Korea

WCC expresses “very deep Christian concern” on COVID-19 outbreak in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

In a pastoral letter to the Korean Christian Federation, World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed “very deep Christian concern” over the COVID-19 outbreak in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

01 June 2022

Candlelight vigil for peace in the Korean Peninsula, part of "A Light of Peace" campaign sponsored by the World Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches of Korea December 2017, Photo: Paul Jeffrey/WCC

On Korean Peninsula, “the churches and the country need reconciliation and unity”

Rev. Dr Hyunju Bae represents the Presbyterian Church of Korea on the World Council of Churches central and executive committees and serves on the WCC Gender Advisory Group. She is a former professor of New Testament Studies at the Busan Presbyterian University, Republic of Korea, and now a co-president of the Korea Christian Environmental Movement Solidarity for Integrity of Creation. Below, she reflects on a recent prayer vigil for peace, as well as other ecumenical activities in South Korea.

30 May 2022

Street in the Jerusalem Old Town

ÖRK reagiert auf falsche Medienberichte über Israel und Palästina

In einer Reaktion auf die falsche Berichterstattung über Israel und Palästina bekräftigte der geschäftsführende Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rats der Kirchen, Priester Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, die in der Vergangenheit des ÖRKs erfolgte Verurteilung von Antisemitismus und geht dabei auch die Erfahrungen und das Leiden der Palästinenserinnen und Palästinenser ein.

24 May 2022

Young women hold hands during a team-building exercise in a health training centre, Pondicherry, India

„Changemakers“-Kurs zur Stärkung der Grundlage für Religions- und Glaubensfreiheit

Ein neuer „Local Changemakers Course“ wird von der Freedom of Religion or Belief Learning-Plattform angeboten, um lokale Gemeinden bei ihrem Kampf um Menschenrechte, insbesondere um Religions- und Glaubensfreiheit, zu unterstützen.

24 May 2022

Street in the Jerusalem Old Town

WCC responds to false reporting in Germany on Israel and Palestine

In a response to false reporting in Germany on Israel and Palestine, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca reiterated the WCC’s history of denouncing antisemitism and, at the same time, responding to the experiences and suffering of Palestinians.

23 May 2022

Young women hold hands during a team-building exercise in a health training centre, Pondicherry, India

“Changemakers” course will help empower the grassroots for freedom of religion or belief

A new “Local Changemakers Course” is being released by the Freedom of Religion or Belief Learning Platform to help empower local communities in their fight for human rights, particularly freedom of religion or belief.

19 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

A group of Oromo IDPs walk on the dry riverbed near Burka Dare IDP site in Seweyna woreda (administrative unit), Bale Zone, Ethiopia, Photo: Albin Hillert/Life on Earth Pictures

WCC, Religions for Peace will release joint message on statelessness: “Belonging—Affirmations for Faith Leaders’

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and Religions for Peace will issue on 9 May a joint message on statelessness, “Belonging—Affirmations for Faith Leaders”.

The document is one of the most recent fruits of WCC work that has been ongoing for more than a decade around the issue of statelessness. It is currently available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.

06 May 2022

Natallia Vasilevich

Natallia Vasilevich: Christliche Gläubige fürchten sich nicht, als Botschafterinnen und Botschafter des Friedens zu wirken

Es hat einen Grund, dass die orthodoxe Theologin und Menschenrechtsanwältin Natallia Vasilevich lieber von der Rolle der Menschen christlichen Glaubens als von der Rolle der Kirchen in der belarussischen Gesellschaft erzählt.

03 May 2022

Dwain Epps

WCC mourns loss of Rev. Dwain C. Epps, who carried a strong, prophetic voice

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the loss of Rev. Dwain Epps, who passed away on 28 April at the Fribourg Cantonal Hospital.

29 April 2022

A woman carries the Bible into a Catholic Mass

Visit to Sudan highlights importance of strengthening solidarity with churches

The churches of Sudan – and especially the Sudan Council of Churches as their ecumenical forum – have suffered from a serious lack of attention and support by international ecumenical partners since the separation of South Sudan in 2011.

29 April 2022

Natallia Vasilevich

Natallia Vasilevich: Christians in Belarus do not fear to be messengers of justice and peace

There’s a reason why Orthodox theologian and human rights lawyer Natallia Vasilevich prefers to speak of the role of Christians rather than the role of churches in Belarusian society.

28 April 2022

Colombian delegation in NYC

Colombian human rights advocates engage in strategic talks in the US

In a recent visit to the United States, a group of four laureates of the “National Human Rights Award in Colombia” engaged in meetings in Washington and New York City with government officials, diplomats, and United Nations (UN) representatives. They spoke of the deterioration of the peace process in the country and the importance of international solidarity.

28 April 2022

Sretensky monastery and church, Moscow

ÖRK fordert Patriarch Kyrill nachdrücklich auf: „Schreiten Sie ein und fordern Sie öffentlich eine Waffenruhe während des Auferstehungsgottesdienstes“

In einem Brief an Seine Heiligkeit Patriarch Kyrill von Moskau und ganz Russland vom 19. April hat der geschäftsführende Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Priester Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, Patriarch Kyrill aufgefordert, „einzuschreiten und öffentlich eine Waffenruhe für wenigstens einige Stunden während des Auferstehungsgottesdienstes zu fordern.“

21 April 2022

Sretensky monastery and church, Moscow

WCC urges Patriarch Kirill: “intervene and ask publicly for a ceasefire during the Resurrection service”

In a letter to H.H. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia on 19 April, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca urged Patriarch Kirill to “intervene and ask publicly for a ceasefire for at least few hours during the Resurrection service.”

21 April 2022

A refugee family from Ukraine arrives at border crossing in Romania

Konferenz ruft Kirchen dazu auf, zuzuhören, die Wahrheit zu sagen und sich für Menschenrechte einzusetzen

Auf einer Konferenz, die vom 9.-12. April in Wuppertal, Deutschland und auch online stattfand, wurden Kirchen überall auf der Welt in einer Botschaft dazu aufgerufen, den Opfern von Menschenrechtsverletzungen nicht nur genauer zuzuhören, sondern sich auch stärker mit ihnen zu solidarisieren.

14 April 2022

A refugee family from Ukraine arrives at border crossing in Romania

Conference calls on churches to listen, speak the truth and advocate for human rights

A conference held in Wuppertal, Germany, and online on 9-12 April published a message calling on churches across the world to not only listen more closely to the victims of human rights violations, but to act in stronger solidarity with them.

13 April 2022

Participants of the conference “Christian Perspectives on Human Dignity and Human Rights”

Podiumsdiskussion: Kirchen werden dazu aufgerufen, sich für die Rechte und Würde von allen Menschen einzusetzen

Die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer der internationalen Konferenz in Wuppertal sprachen über biblische, theologische und praktische Perspektiven zur Menschenwürde und forderten die Kirchen bei der öffentlichen Podiumsdiskussion am 11. April zu einem gemeinsamen Verständnis und zum Schutz der Menschenrechte auf.

13 April 2022

Participants of the conference “Christian Perspectives on Human Dignity and Human Rights”

Panel discussion calls churches to stand up for rights and dignity of every human being

Bringing together biblical, theological and practical perspectives on human dignity, participants of the international conference in Wuppertal challenged churches for a common understanding and protection of human rights during the public panel discussion on 11 April.

12 April 2022