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Address by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Global Refugee Forum

Address by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Global Refugee Forum, Geneva, December 14, 2023

14 December 2023

Ecumenical movement

Faith-based leaders release statement to Global Refugee Forum: “seeking asylum is a basic human right”

In a message to the Global Refugee Forum released 12 December, faith-based leaders underscored their commitment to offering sanctuary for refugees as well defending their human rights.

12 December 2023

Statement: public statement

Statement: Religious Leaders Unite for Climate Peace in Solidarity with Refugees

Reinforcing the traditional role of faith communities in offering sanctuary and, indeed hospitality to refugees, 90 faith-based leaders today committed to offering their continued and additional support to refugees, including children, on their journey to safety, including in reception and admission, meeting protection or service delivery needs and supporting communities to find solutions such as private sponsorship or scholarship programmes.

12 December 2023

Ecumenical movement

Address by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the WCC Town-Hall Discussion on Interfaith Dialogue, Climate Change, and Refugee Displacement

Address by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the WCC Town-Hall Discussion on Interfaith Dialogue, Climate Change, and Refugee Displacement - at the Religious Leaders Unite for Climate Peace in Solidarity with Refugees, Ecumenical Center, Geneva, Switzerland 12 December 2023.

12 December 2023

Ecumenical movement

Message of the H.E. Archbishop Dr Aykazian Vicken at the Religious Leaders Unite for Climate Peace in Solidarity with Refugees

Message of the H.E. Archbishop Dr Aykazian Vicken, Vice-moderator of the WCC central committee at the "Religious Leaders Unite for Climate Peace in Solidarity with Refugees" event at the Ecumenical Center, Geneva, Switzerland 12 December 2023.

12 December 2023

WCC Officers

Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe: “Protect people, protect our humanity”

The Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe, at its General Assembly held in Rome on 6-8 November, published a message entitled “Protect people, protect our humanity.”

23 November 2023

Message CCME General Assembly 2023: Protect people, Protect our humanity

The Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe, at its General Assembly held in Rome on 6-8 November, published a message entitled “Protect people, protect our humanity." The message acknowledged the immense work being done by churches and other people of good will all over Europe.

23 November 2023

WCC Programmes

The old cemetery of Lampesusa holds a space to honor the memory of the ones who lost their lives trying to reach Europe through the sea. Crosses made with pieces from the boats carrying refugees mark the graveyard of dozen unidentified bodies. Photo: Marcelo Schneider/WCC

Lampedusa: Kirchen zeigen Solidarität mit Flüchtlingen und Menschen, die ihnen helfen

Die Kirchen bekunden ihre Solidarität mit den Flüchtlingen auf der italienischen Insel Lampedusa, wo letzte Woche Tausende Migrantinnen und Migranten ankamen, was die lokalen Ressourcen überlastete.

26 October 2023

Letter of greetings on the 50th anniversary of the Argentine Commission for Refugees and Migrants – CAREF, on behalf of WCC general secretary Rev. Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay

10 October 2023

General Secretary

WCC shares warm wishes with Argentine Commission for Refugees and Migrants, celebrating 50 years

The World Council of Churches (WCC) shared joyful greetings on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Argentine Commission for Refugees and Migrants (CAREF).

10 October 2023

Churches express solidarity with refugees—and those helping them—in Lampedusa

Churches are expressing solidarity with refugees in Lampedusa, the Italian island on which thousands of migrants arrived last week, overloading local resources.

28 September 2023

Publication

Christ’s Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity: Report of the WCC 11th Assembly

The Report of the WCC 11th Assembly is an important element of a wider collection of resources that offers a flavour of what took place at the assembly in Karlsruhe in 2022, which gathered more than 4500 people, including 659 official delegates from the WCC’s 352 member churches around the theme “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.”

This report includes an overview of the assembly, the message and unity statement, various reflections, an overview of the spiritual life of the assembly, reports of the work since the previous assembly, an overview of thematic plenaries and ecumenical conversations, reports of assembly committees, statements and minutes, messages from pre-assemblies, greetings to the assembly and various appendices.

25 June 2023

Publication

Report on the Ecumenical Conversations at the WCC 11th Assembly

This book is a collection of all the reports of 23 ecumenical conversations addressing different issues pertinent to the unity of churches and their common witness and service to the world that took place at the WCC's 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe. It presents the deliberations and the ensuing affirmations and challenges that the participants saw as imperatives for the work of the WCC and the wider ecumenical movement in the 2023-2030 strategic period until the 12th Assembly takes place.

The report from each conversation contains an abstract, short notes on the proceedings, and a list of key affirmations and challenges to guide the fellowship in reflecting and acting on the issues identified.

24 June 2023

As hundreds feared dead in capsized boat off coast of Greece, WCC conveys prayers to families of victims

As a search continued for missing migrants after a fishing boat capsized off the coast of Greece, the World Council of Churches (WCC) conveyed prayers to the families of victims, and to the churches in Greece and elsewhere that are responding.

16 June 2023

Refugees from Zimbabwe and other African countries pray during evening worship at the Central Methodist Church in Johannesburg, South Africa, Photo: Paul Jeffrey/Life on Earth Pictures

Africa-Europe Ecumenical Forum on Migration finds “churches need to embrace role as safe spaces”

During an Africa-Europe Ecumenical Forum on Migration, held 15-19 March In Hamburg, Germany, nearly 60 people gathered to discuss, among many other issues, the negative effects of “irregular” migration, caused in part by the growth of inequality within and between countries.

21 March 2023

Berichterstattung von 11. ÖRK-Vollversammlung spiegelte weltweite Beachtung und weltweites Interesse wider

Die mediale Berichterstattung von der 11. Vollversammlung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) – die 2022 in Karlsruhe, Deutschland, stattgefunden hat – zeugt von einem weltweiten Interesse daran, wie die ökumenische Bewegung auf die dringenden Anliegen und Probleme der Welt wie den Klimawandel, den Krieg in der Ukraine und den Konflikt zwischen Israel und Palästina reagieren kann und wird.

17 January 2023