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As World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay began a visit to Lebanon on 20 March, his agenda included a private meeting with His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Holy See of Cilicia.

Les Églises et les communautés chrétiennes du monde entier sont invitées à utiliser les ressources de la Semaine de prière pour l’unité des chrétiens 2025 afin de prier ensemble pour l’unité des Églises tout au long de l’année.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is sharing materials for a “Week of Prayer for Overcoming Racism and Xenophobia”—a week that includes the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March and the UN International Day for the Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade on 25 March.

The World Council of Churches Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) was inaugurated on 18 March during a prayer service that touched on the global role of the commission. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) cosponsored with Laudato Si Research Institute and the World Communion of Reformed Churches, Lutheran World Federation, Anglican Communion, and World Methodist Council an international seminar on “The Feast of Creation and the Mystery of Creation: Ecumenism, Theology, Liturgy, and Signs of the Times in Dialogue,” from 14-16 March at Laudato Si’ Center of Assisi and Pro Civitate Christiana, in Italy.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay will visit Lebanon from 19-22 March, to commemorate the 50th jubilee of the Middle East Council of Churches and meet with all WCC member churches from Lebanon and Syria. 

The World Council of Churches, in a statement before the UN Human Rights Council, urged addressing the often-hidden condition of obstetric fistula, which violates the rights of thousands of women and girls in the world’s poorest countries. 

The World Council of Churches hosted 60 visitors during the week of 11-14 March.

Le 8 mars, à Genève, lors de la clôture de la réunion de trois commissions du Conseil œcuménique des Églises — la Commission des Églises pour les affaires internationales, la Commission pour la santé et la guérison et la Commission sur la justice climatique et le développement durable — un sentiment de détermination collaborative émanait des participant-e-s pour relever les défis du monde avec espérance et actions concrètes.

The new World Council of Churches (WCC) Permanent Committee on Consensus and Collaboration is holding its inaugural meeting from 10-14 March in Istanbul, Türkiye. 

In a special prayer for closure and transitions, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and World Council of Churches (WCC) reflected on the move of LWF out of the Ecumenical Centre after nearly 60 years.

The World Council of Churches, in an intervention before the UN Human Rights Council, called upon the UN to ensure that counter-terrorism laws and practices, including efforts to combat terrorism financing, do not unjustly curtail the legitimate activities of civil society organizations, impede civic space, or hinder humanitarian endeavors in the Philippines.