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On the eve of presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof Dr Jerry Pillay, on behalf of the global fellowship, extended prayers for an enduring peace for the people and nation of Nigeria.

El Consejo de Iglesias y Organizaciones Religiosas de Ucrania invita a todas las personas creyentes de todas las denominaciones a unirse en ayuno y oración el 24 de febrero, día en que se cumple un año del comienzo de la guerra en Ucrania.

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.

Según el Instituto para la Libertad Religiosa, al menos 494 edificios religiosos de Ucrania han sido destruidos, dañados o saqueados por la invasión rusa y la ocupación de edificios religiosos para su utilización como bases militares rusas aumenta la magnitud de la destrucción de los lugares religiosos del país.

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.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Prof. Rev. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed deep concern about recent developments that massively affect the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and threaten its unity.

As Pope Francis travels to the Democratic Republic of Congo, then with Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, and Rt. Rev. Iain Greenshields, moderator of the general assembly of the Church of Scotland, to South Sudan on 3- 5 February, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay said he welcomes and supports the visits.

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

Hope, excitement, and expectations are rising is South Sudan ahead of the ecumenical pilgrimage of peace by the Pope and world Protestant leaders.

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.

El secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, ha denunciado el atentado con bomba que el 15 de enero causó la muerte de diecisiete miembros de la parroquia de la 8a Comunidad de las Iglesias Pentecostales del Congo y dejó treinta y nueve personas heridas.

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.

El secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, el Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, denunció los continuos ataques contra la población civil y las infraestructuras civiles en la guerra ilegal que Rusia mantiene contra el pueblo de Ucrania.

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.