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In the wake of a raid by Israeli military forces in which 11 Palestinians were killed, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay condemned the deaths of civilians and called for an end to violence in the West Bank.

The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations is inviting all believers of all denominations to unite in fasting and prayer on 24 February—a day marking one year since the start of the war in Ukraine.

Mindestens 494 Sakralbauten in der Ukraine sind infolge der russischen Invasion in der Ukraine zerstört, beschädigt oder geplündert worden, und die Beschlagnahmung von kirchlichen Gebäuden als Standorte für russische Militärbasen vergrößert nach Berichten des Internationalen Instituts für Religionsfreiheit das Ausmaß der Zerstörung zusätzlich.

At least 494 religious buildings in Ukraine have been destroyed, damaged, or looted as a result of the Russian invasion—and seizure of religious buildings for use as Russian military bases increases the scale of destruction of religious sites in Ukraine, reports the Institute for Religious Freedom.

A Human Rights Monitor report has found that more than 60,000 internally displaced persons in West Papua remain without government aid.

As people in Cameroon work and pray for peace, both solutions and challenges are on the path in front of them.

The Dicastery for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue is hosting a conference in Rome on the importance of women building a culture of interreligious encounter.

After the assassination of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko, statements and messages of condolences began pouring forth from churches and governments across the world. Maseko was shot in his home in Eswatini on 21 January by unknown attackers.

Der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen, Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, veruteilte den Bombenanschlag, bei dem 17 Mitglieder der Gemeinde der 8. Gemeinschaft der Pfingstkirchen des Kongo am 15. Januar ums Leben gekommen sind. 39 Menschen wurden verletzt.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay denounced a bomb attack that killed 17 members of the parish of the 8th Community of Pentecostal Churches of Congo on 15 January. Thirty-nine people were wounded.

Der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen, Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, verurteilte die fortdauernden Angriffe auf Zivilpersonen und die zivile Infrastruktur im anhaltenden, illegalen russischen Krieg gegen die Menschen in der Ukraine.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay denounced continuing attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Russia’s ongoing illegal war against the people of Ukraine.

Amid rapidly rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula over the past few weeks, the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) released a statement entitled “Hope for the Korean Peninsula from the heat of war to coexistence with the warm breeze of peace.”

In a letter to Colombian president Gustavo Petro Urrego, and to the high commissioner for peace Danilo Rueda Rodriguéz, the World Council of Churches, World Communion of Reformed Churches, and ACT Alliance congratulated the government of Colombia for the appointment of four women to the negotiation team for a peace agreement with the National Liberation Army.

Am 24. November hat Palästinenserpräsident Mahmud Abbas den geschäftsführenden Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Priester Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, offiziell empfangen, um über einen gerechten Frieden in Palästina und Israel zu sprechen. 

Unter Leitung des geschäftsführenden Generalsekretärs des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Priester Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, hat der Beratungsausschuss für das Verbindungsbüro in Jerusalem seine erste Tagung in Jerusalem abgehalten und Planungen für die Zukunft skizziert.