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As she spoke during a World AIDS Day event hosted by the World Health Organization and UNAIDS, Gracia Violeta Ross, programme executive for WCC Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy, called for honesty, equality, and inclusivity. 

A prayer and reflection on World AIDS Day, observed each year on 1 December, focused on the theme “Let Communities Lead!” 

As COP28 opened on 30 November, an interfaith dialogue in the spirit of talanoa — a holistic, life-affirming dialogue practice from the Pacific —brought what World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay described as “an ethical, moral, and spiritual voice” to the climate talks.

With a historic show of unity, Ethiopian churches meeting at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey made the decision to establish a council of churches in their country.

A liturgy developed by the World Council of Churches and Lutheran World Federation is available on World AIDS Day, 1 December, with the theme “Let Communities Lead!”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order Commission is convening for its first full online meeting on 27 and 29 November, and 1 and 4 December, following an introductory meeting held in September. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) planning group met on 23-25 November, praying together and envisioning the future with a focus on the WCC Strategic Plan.

The latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches (WCC) is titled “A Living Fellowship of Churches” and marks the 75th anniversary of the WCC, which was founded in 1948 at its 1st Assembly in Amsterdam.