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The World Council of Churches (WCC) supports a renewed call issued by interreligious leaders from the United States for the prison at Guantanamo Bay to be closed, and for justice for those being held.

The National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) held its 70th General Assembly on 22 November with the theme “Walk the Path of the New Commandment.”

World Council of Churches (WCC) director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs Peter Prove presented, via video message, an intervention at an “International Ecumenical Solidarity Gathering for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines” held 7 October.

The United Church of Christ, at a 14 June event entitled “UCC at the United Nations: Growing New Connections to Create a Just World for All,” explored how to strengthen global advocacy by journeying with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and other partners.

Las oraciones y los debates de la reunión ecuménica de dirigentes de las iglesias norteamericanas celebrada el 24 de junio se centraron en cuestiones profundamente dolorosas y aparentemente irresolubles: el racismo, la división, las dudas sobre la vacunación, el genocidio, la guerra. Pero la esperanza logró infiltrarse en la reunión virtual y los participantes se apoyaron unos a otros para encontrar formas de avanzar.

In an ecumenical meeting for North American church leaders on 24 June, prayers and discussion centered on issues that are both deeply painful and seemingly insurmountable: racism, division, vaccine hesitancy, genocide, war. But hope found a way into the virtual gathering as participants supported each other to find ways forward.

En una carta abierta, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) compartió sus esperanzas de paz en vísperas de la primera cumbre entre los presidentes de Estados Unidos y Rusia, que tendrá lugar en Ginebra el 16 de junio.

The World Council of Churches (WCC), with an open letter and prayer, shared its hopes for peace on the eve of the first summit between the U.S. and Russian presidents, which will take place in Geneva on 16 June.