En nombre de la comunidad mundial, el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, hizo llegar sus saludos y mejores deseos al pueblo judío de todo el mundo con motivo de la conmemoración de la Pascua judía.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, on behalf of the global fellowship, extended greetings and wishes to Jewish people everywhere as they commemorate Passover.
El secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, en una carta dirigida a Su Eminencia el gran imán de al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmed el-Tayeb, hizo extensivos sus mejores deseos a toda la comunidad musulmana con motivo del Eíd al Fitr, la Fiesta del Fin del Ayuno.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended congratulations to Dr Francis Kuria Kagema, who was appointed as the new secretary general for the Religions for Peace World Council.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, in a letter to His Eminence Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr Ahmad el-Tayeb, extended joyous wishes to the entire Muslim community on Eid El Fitr.
On the 2024 International Day of Human Fraternity, observed 5 February, special events—including the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity—focused on bridging divides and promoting a culture of peace.
The latest issue of International Review of Mission (IRM) focuses on the decolonial task for ecumenical mission today, highlighting the need for repentance, reparation and restorative justice.
En un mensaje al Foro Mundial sobre los Refugiados publicado el 12 de diciembre, diversos dirigentes religiosos destacaron su compromiso de ofrecer un santuario a los refugiados y defender sus derechos humanos.
Su santidad el patriarca ecuménico Bartolomé pronunció un discurso ante diversos líderes religiosos reunidos en el Centro Ecuménico del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias el 12 de diciembre, en vísperas de la apertura del Foro Mundial sobre los Refugiados.
His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew addressed an assembly of religious leaders gathered at the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Centre on 12 December—the day before the opening of the Global Refugee Forum.
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.
The latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches (WCC) is titled “A Living Fellowship of Churches” and marks the 75th anniversary of the WCC, which was founded in 1948 at its 1st Assembly in Amsterdam.
At a Peace Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, hosted by the United Evangelical Mission (UEM) and the Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI), Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, participated as a panel speaker during a session on ““Global Challenges and Perspective for Interfaith Action” on 21 November.
At the World Assembly 2023 of the United Bible Societies in October 2023, the secretary general of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev. Dr Jerry Pillay, and Rev. Dirk Gevers, secretary general of the United Bible Societies, celebrated the long history of cooperation between the organizations.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay sent warm greetings to Jewish communities around the world as they celebrated Rosh HaShanah.
The latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches (WCC), focuses on the 1700th anniversary in 2025 of the first Ecumenical Council at Nicaea, a key moment in the history of Christian faith and for the ecumenical journey today
El rector iraní Ayatollah M. Seyed Abolhassan Nawab y la Sra. Zahra Sedigh, de la Misión iraní ante la ONU, visitaron el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) el 27 de julio, para hablar de educación y formación, así como de la importancia de reforzar el papel de la cooperación interreligiosa.
Iranian rector Ayatollah M. Seyyed Abolhassan Nawab and Ms Zahra Sedigh, from the Iranian Mission to the UN,visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 27 July, discussing education and formation, as well as the importance of strengthening the role of interreligious cooperation.