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Archbishop Chrysostomos II, head of the Church of Cyprus died on 7 November at age 81. WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed deep sadness at the loss of Chrysostomos II.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca delivered a lecture during the first edition of the “Bahrain Dialogue Forum: East and West for Human Coexistence” held 3-4 November. Sauca’s lecture took place during a forum session entitled “Experiences of Promoting Global Coexistence and Human Fraternity.”

WCC congratulates Most Rev. Julius Olayinka Osayand Abbe upon enthronement as Primate of The Africa Church

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expresses gratitude for the work of Archbishop Dr Antje Jackelén as she moves on from her years of service.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca shared greetings with the Evangelical Church of the River Plate in Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca shared greetings the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil.

Entonces Dios dijo: “Hagamos al hombre a nuestra imagen, conforme a nuestra semejanza” (Génesis 1:26)

Applications are open for a Young Adults Training for Religious Amity program (YATRA) to be held in October.

Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness (Genesis 1:26)

The World Council of Churches, at its 11th assembly, in Karlsruhe, Germany, abhors the perpetuation of all forms of racism, xenophobia and related discriminations against humanity and the pervasive suffering it causes. 

Organized by the World Council of Churches in partnership with the Christian Conference of Asia, Church of Christ in Thailand, and ACT Alliance, the interreligious training programme is named “YATRA”—a common term for pilgrimage in many contexts and languages.

The theme for 2022 is “Youth Interreligious Engagement, Advocating Human Dignity.”

Mensaje de la Reunión Ecuménica de Jóvenes a la 11ª Asamblea del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias.

Message from the Ecumenical Youth Gathering at the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly,  Karlsruhe, Germany, 26-30 August 2022

In a joint message on gender-based violence, sexual abuse, and faith communities, 26 World Council of Churches (WCC) Thursdays in Black ambassadors lament that the scourge of sexual and gender-based violence continues unabated—and call on faith communities to prevent such violence in their own spaces.

Opening an online international seminar commemorating the life of  Dr Paulose Mar Gregorios, World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri shared thoughts on his ecumenical contributions.

Welcome address by Marcos Hovhannisyan, bishop of the Ukrainian Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Church and chairman of the Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, meeting the World Council of Churches delegation on 3 August 2022.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) gave thanks to God for the three decades-long ministry of His Beatitude Anastasios, archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania.

Greetings from Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, the World Council of Churches Acting General Secretary To the World Student Christian Federation General Assembly in Berlin, 23 June - 1 July 2022.

Declaración sobre explotación, abuso y acoso sexual del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, del 15 al 18 de junio de 2022