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Women and children in Gaza bearing brunt of ongoing war

Women and children in Gaza are bearing the heavy brunt of the ongoing war, according to reports from the United Nations, with close to a million women and girls displaced and 12,882 women and children already perished in a war that has now raged for more than 100 days.

16 January 2024
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Visiting communities in southern Türkiye from 4-6 April 2023, the delegation met with churches in Mersin, Iskenderun, and Antioch, including communities in the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch, Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, Latin Catholics and others.

ÖRK und ACT-Bündnis auf Solidaritätsbesuch in der Türkei sehen große Not, aber auch eine großartige Zusammenarbeit: „Die Kirchen arbeiten alle Hand in Hand“

Nach ihrer Rückkehr von einem Solidaritätsbesuch in der Türkei haben der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen, Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, und der Generalsekretär des ACT-Bündnisses, Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, in einem Video-Interview über die einzigartigen Eindrücke während ihres Besuchs vom 4.–6. April während der Karwoche und über die Zusammenarbeit der Kirchen berichtet.

18 April 2023
Interview
Visiting communities in southern Türkiye from 4-6 April 2023, the delegation met with churches in Mersin, Iskenderun, and Antioch, including communities in the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch, Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, Latin Catholics and others.

During solidarity visit to Türkiye, WCC and ACT Alliance witness great needs yet great collaboration: “the churches are all working together”

After returning from a solidarity visit to Türkiye, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay and ACT Alliance general secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria appear in a video interview speaking about what they saw, how churches are working together, and their unique reflections on their visit—held 4-6 April—took place during western Holy Week.

13 April 2023
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WCC delegation meets Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II

ÖRK-Delegation erklärt sich beim Besuch in Syrien solidarisch mit Menschen, „die unerschütterlich in ihrem Land bleiben“

Gemeinsamer Syrien-Besuch des geschäftsführenden Generalsekretärs des Ökumenischen Rats der Kirchen (ÖRK), Priester Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, mit dem Generalsekretär des Kirchenrats des Nahen Ostens, Dr. Michel Abs, und dem Generalsekretär von ACT Alliance, Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, sowie dem ÖRK-Programmreferenten zur Friedensarbeit, Michel Nseir.

21 July 2022
Interview
Dr Michel Abs

In Lebanon, “without peace there is no justice”

When Dr Michel Abs, secretary general of the Middle East Council of Churches, speaks about living conditions in Lebanon, his compassion for his people—and his passion for peace—brim over. In a video interview with the World Council of Churches, he honestly shared his deepest concerns about the current socio-economic crisis in his nation, and how churches are helping.

21 July 2021