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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.

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.

In a letter to Colombian president Gustavo Petro Urrego, and to the high commissioner for peace Danilo Rueda Rodriguéz, the World Council of Churches, World Communion of Reformed Churches, and ACT Alliance congratulated the government of Colombia for the appointment of four women to the negotiation team for a peace agreement with the National Liberation Army.

בהנהגתו של ממלא מקום המזכיר הכללי של מועצת הכנסיות העולמית (WCC), הכומר פרופ' ד"ר יואן סאוקה, הוועדה המייעצת למשרד הקישור בירושלים של ה-WWC ערכה את הפגישה הראשונה שלה בירושלים, שבמהלכה התוותה את התוכניות לעתיד. 

عقدت لجنة الاتصال الاستشارية لمجلس الكنائس العالمي برئاسة الأمين العام بالإنابة لمجلس الكنائس العالمي القس البروفيسور الدكتور إيوان سوكا، اجتماعها الأول في مدينة القدس تم خلاله وضع الخطط المستقبلية للجنة. 

Under the leadership of World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, the WCC Jerusalem Liaison Advisory Committee held its first meeting in Jerusalem, during which it mapped future plans. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) welcomed the news that the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Belarusian advocate Ales Bialiatski, Russian human rights organization Memorial, and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties.

As the keynote speaker during an Ecumenical Peace Conversation in South Korea on 11 October, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca reflected on the theme of the recent WCC 11th Assembly, “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.”

In a letter to H.E. Zbigniew Rau, OSCE chairman-in-office, and minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca and Dr Jørgen Skov Sørensen, general secretary of the Conference of European Churches, jointly appeal for urgent action by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to promote a just and sustainable peace in the Caucasus, following renewed violence in the region in which more than 100 lives have already been lost.

Members of the Ecumenical Forum for Peace, Reunification & Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula (EFK) held an informal meeting on 9 September in Karlsruhe, Germany, following the conclusion of the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly.

The World Council of Churches invites the global fellowship and all people of good will to join, on 15 August, a prayer for peace and reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula.

أعربت اللجنة المركزية لمجلس الكنائس العالمي في بيان عام ركز على الأراضي المقدسة عن "تضامنها العميق مع الكنائس الأعضاء والمسيحيين في المنطقة في حياتهم وعملهم، وابقاء إيمان وشهادة المسيحيين في الأراضي المقدسة مفعمان بالحياة والنشاط، وكذلك جميع شعوب المنطقة."

 בהצהרה ציבורית אשר התרכזה בארץ הקודש, הועדה המרכזית של ה-WCC הביעה "סולידריות עמוקה עם הכנסיות החברות ועם הנוצרים באזור בחייהם ובעבודתם, כאשר הם מחזיקים את האמונה הנוצרית ואת עדות ארץ הקודש חיות ומהדהדות, וכן עם כל האנשים באזור."

Deploring the illegal and unjustifiable war “inflicted on the people and sovereign state of Ukraine” the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee lamented “the awful and continuing toll of deaths, destruction and displacement, of destroyed relationships and ever more deeply entrenched antagonism between the people of the region, of escalating confrontation globally, of increased famine risk in food insecure regions of the world, of economic hardship and heightened social and political instability in many countries.”

In a public statement focused on the Holy Land, the WCC central committee expressed “deep solidarity with the member churches and Christians of the region in their life and work, keeping the Christian faith and witness in the Holy Land alive and vibrant, as well as with all people in the region.”

In a public statement, the World Council of Churches executive committee reiterated the need for a ceasefire in Ukraine, and the need for addressing growing food insecurity worldwide.