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Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm and H.E. Archbishop Dr Vicken Aykazian, moderator and vice moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, respectively, traveled to New York City on 3-4 April to deepen the WCC’s engagement with the United Nations. 

Speaking through reflections and a sermon during an international peace gathering in Berlin, World Council of Churches moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm reflected on how people of faith can work to overcome suffering in a wounded world.

Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, spoke on a nuclear weapons-free world during “The Audacity of Peace” gathering in Berlin.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay shared reflections during a “People of Peace” gathering in Berlin.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof Dr Jerry Pillay extended condolences and expressed solidarity with the victims of a mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida (USA).

World Council of Churches central committee moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm delivered a lecture at the Kitzingen deanery, a regional church district near Würzburg, for the parishes of the deanery as well as for the public. The lecture, entitled “Just Peace through Military Force? Peace Ethical Considerations in Light of the War of Aggression against Ukraine,” was offered on 29 April

Bischof Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Vorsitzender des Zentralausschusses des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen, hielt im Dekanat Kitzingen, einem regionalen Kirchenbezirk in der Nähe von Würzburg, für die Kirchengemeinden des Dekanats sowie für die breitere Öffentlichkeit einen Vortrag. Am 29. April trug er das Referat „Gerechter Friede durch militärische Gewalt? Friedensethische Überlegungen im Lichte des Angriffskrieges gegen die Ukraine“ vor.

Aa the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity opened on 18 January, the World Council of Churches staff and partners gathered in a spirit of unity to “Do good; seek justice,” the theme of this year’s special week.

Die 11. Vollversammlung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) veröffentlicht einen Kontrollpunkt mit dem Titel „Folgen des Krieges in Bergkarabach von 2020“, in dem sie die Verurteilung des Einsatzes von chemischen Waffen und Streumunition, die Angriffe auf Zivilpersonen, Krankenhäuser und die öffentliche Infrastruktur sowie alle anderen Kriegsverbrechen, Enthauptungen, Folter und weitere Grausamkeiten, die in diesem Konflikt beobachtet wurden, erneut bekräftigt. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly released a minute entitled “Consequences of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war,” in which it reiterated its condemnation of the use of chemical weapons and cluster munitions, the targeting of civilians, hospitals and public infrastructure, and all other war crimes, beheadings, torture and other atrocities witnessed during the conflict.