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Marianne Ejdersten, WCC director of communication, expressed the WCC’s sense of prayerful solidarity. She spoke on behalf of Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, WCC acting general secretary, who is currently on vacation.

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, in a letter to heads of churches in Jerusalem, reached out with prayers and solidarity in the wake of wildfires near the city of Jerusalem and throughout the region.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has paid tribute to its former general secretary, Rev. Dr Philip Potter, who was born on 19 August 1921, and led the council from 1972 to 1984, a time of global religious and socio-political change.

WCC solidarity & condolences letter to Haiti for the death of their President

Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, WCC acting general secretary, sent a message of solidarity to H.B. Archbishop Prof. Dr Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania on the impact of wildfires that are affecting the country.

Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, WCC acting general secretary, sent a message of solidarity to the churches in the United States of America on the impact of wildfires that are affecting regions of the country.

Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, WCC acting general secretary, sent a message of solidarity to H.H. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on the impact of wildfires that are affecting the country.

Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, WCC acting general secretary, sent a message of solidarity to the Evangelical Church in Greece on the impact of wildfires that are affecting the country.

Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, WCC acting general secretary, sent a message of solidarity to H.A.H. Ecumenical Patriarch BARTOLOMEWon the impact of wildfires.

Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, WCC acting general secretary, sent a message of solidarity to H.B. Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Hieronymos II on the heavy impact of wildfires that are affecting Greece.

WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca letter to the Orthodox Church in America expressing condolences and celebrating Protopresbyter Leonid Kishkovsky’s life.

The World Council of Churches reached out to churches in Haiti in a letter to express solidarity and prayerful concern in the wake of the assassination of president Jovenel Moïse, and amid ongoing waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) expressed concern and extended prayers for those who continue to be affected by severe monsoon-related flooding and landslides in India. More than 150 people have perished in western India, and there is extensive damage.

In a letter of solidarity to churches and all people throughout Germany, Belgium, Austria and the Netherlands, the moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee Dr Agnes Abuon and the acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca extended condolences and concern for those who lost loved ones during the severe flooding that struck the region in mid-July.

In a 13 July letter to the United Nations Security Council, the Diálogo Intereclesial por la Paz en Colombia (DiPaz), an interchurch platform for dialogue for peace in Colombia, called on the international community to urge the Colombian government to resume the full implementation of the peace agreement and strengthen channels of dialogue to resolve societal issues.

Letter of condolence to the Holy Episcopal Synod of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church from the WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca.