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In the wake of severe flooding in the Taquari Valley, Brazil, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed sorrow and concern for the people affected.

En un discurso pronunciado en la Conferencia Internacional para la Reconciliación en Colombia, el Rev. Dr. Kenneth Mtata, director del programa de Testimonio Público y Diaconía del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), reflexionó sobre el tema “Experiencias y aprendizajes ecuménicos en la construcción de la paz”.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed shock at receiving reports of violent attacks against churches and Christians in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

In a keynote address at the International Conference for Reconciliation in Colombia, Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata, World Council of Churches (WCC) programme director for Public Witness and Diakonia, reflected on “Ecumenical Experiences and Learnings in the Construction of the Peace.”

In a letter to Colombian president H.E. Gustavo Petro Urrego on 28 July, WCC general secretary Rev. Prof Dr Jerry Pillay expressed deep appreciation for the Colombian government’s initiatives for peace. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) condemned a bomb attack in Pakistan that killed 40 people and injured 200 others—including children—as they gathered for a political rally in Pakistan’s northwestern Bajur district. At least 40 people were killed and nearly 200 wounded, including children. The attack is one of the worst in recent years.

El Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) publicó una declaración sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en Filipinas.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee released a statement on the human rights situation in the Philippines.

During an ecumenical morning prayer held 15 May, the World Council of Churches (WCC) staff and partners observed the UN International Day of Living Together in Peace, holding in prayer many nations across the world facing challenges to living together in harmony.

“Con tristeza recibimos la noticia del fallecimiento del Prof. Dr. Julio Héctor de Santa Ana, un destacado referente de la teología ecuménica desde una perspectiva liberadora”, dijo el Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI). De Santa Ana falleció en Ginebra (Suiza) el 17 de abril.

“It was with sadness that we received the news of the passing of Prof. Dr Julio Hector de Santa Ana, a reference of ecumenical theology in a liberating perspective,” said Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC). De Santa Ana passed away in Geneva, Switzerland, on 17 April.

Durante el debate general del 52º período de sesiones del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU en Ginebra, el Consejo Nacional de Iglesias de Filipinas expresó su profunda preocupación por las continuas violaciones de los derechos humanos en el país del sudeste asiático.

During the General Debate of the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, National Council of Churches in the Philippines expressed its deep concern over continuing human rights violations in the Philippines.