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Israeli president Isaac Herzog formally received World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay on 20 February, to discuss the current situation in Israel and Palestine, and the war in Gaza. 

التقى الأمين العام لمجلس الكنائس العالمي، القس الدكتور "جيري بيلاي"، بالرئيس الفلسطيني محمود عباس في مدينة رام الله في الضفة الغربية، في 19 شباط/فبراير، وحثّ على إنهاء "حلقة العنف والمعاناة التي تبدو بلا نهاية".

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay and delegation met with Sheikh Azzam Khatib, director of Islamic Waqf in Jerusalem on 18 February, reiterating the WCC’s commitment to maintaining Jerusalem as a city of all three Abrahamic religions. 

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay met with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, West Bank, on 19 February, urging an end to the “seemingly endless cycle of violence and suffering.” 

في ظل الحرب والصراع والألم، يرافق مجلس الكنائس العالمي الكنائس والشعب في فلسطين وإسرائيل في رحلتهم بالصلاة والعمل والأمل فيمستقبل أفضل.

التقى الأمين العام لمجلس الكنائس العالمي، القس الدكتور "جيري بيلاي"، ببطاركة ورؤساء الكنائس في القدس في 17 شباط/فبراير، حيث قال صاحب الغبطة ثيوفيلوس الثالث، بطريرك القدس، في خطابه الترحيبي أن الأمين العام لمجلس الكنائس العالمي اسُتقبل بامتنان "في هذا الوقتالصعب والمعقد لجميع شعوب هذه المنطقة، وخاصة المجتمع المسيحي في الأراضي المقدسة".

Six students from the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey are beginning their research fellowship programme with the World Council of Churches (WCC), where they will work and study for six weeks as part of their spring semester. 

During a time of war, struggle, and pain, the World Council of Churches (WCC) is accompanying the churches and the people in Palestine and Israel on their journey with prayer, action, and hope for a better future.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay met with the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem on 17 February, and was received with gratitude “at this difficult and complicated time for all the peoples of this region, and especially for the Christian community of the Holy Land,” said His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem, in a welcome address. 

ستلتقي الكنائس الأعضاء والقادة الدينيين والجماعات المسيحية المحلية في فلسطين وإسرائيل - وكذلك الرئيس الفلسطيني محمود عباس والرئيس الإسرائيلي "إسحاق هرتسوغ" - مع الأمين العام لمجلس الكنائس العالمي (WCC) القس الدكتور "جيري بيلاي" أثناء زيارته للمنطقة ابتداءً من 16 شباط/فبراير

Member churches, religious leaders and local Christian groups in Palestine and Israel—as well as Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli president Isaac Herzog—will meet with World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay as he visits the area beginning 16 February. 

Twenty-four students and seven teachers from the Focolare Movement joined the World Council of Churches (WCC) for Ash Wednesday prayer services, and for an introduction to the ecumenical movement. 

In a contribution to the Church of Sweden’s publication “150 Years of International Engagement,” World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay celebrates the church’s vital legacy and reflects on its evolving character.

The first installment of the World Council of Churches Seven Weeks for Water Lenten series is available. Penned by Bishop Dr Munib Younan, bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, the reflection is entitled “Water for peace in the Middle East region.” 

The World Council of Churches (WCC), on 12 February, submitted comments to the zero draft of the “Pact for the Future,” the envisaged outcome of the UN Summit for the Future.

“Love heals. It never hurts.” That’s just one of many messages—accompanied by beautiful images—shared by the World Council of Churches (WCC) Thursdays in Black campaign just in time for Valentine’s Day. 

At the World Social Forum 2024, taking place 15-19 February in Nepal, the World Council of Churches (WCC) will have an active role in this platform for the convergence of a diverse range of participants, including social movements, laborers, farmers, civil society groups, marginalized communities, and those affected by the impacts of neoliberal capitalism and privatization.