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WCC progamme director for Public Witness and Diakonia Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata was part of a panel reviewing and reflecting on the book "White saviourism in International Development,” by Themrise Khan et al, at the 2023 Gothenburg Book Fair.

Le 28 août, lors d’une visite de l’ambassadeur Andranik Hovhannisyan, de la Mission permanente de la République d’Arménie auprès des Nations Unies, le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, a exprimé sa solidarité à l’égard de ceux et celles qui s’efforcent de lever le blocus du Haut-Karabakh en rouvrant le corridor de Lachin.

On 28th August, during a visit with Ambassador Andranik Hovhannisyan, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Armenia to the UN Office, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed solidarity with those making efforts to lift the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh by reopening the Lachin corridor.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay served as a keynote speaker at the Ninth Conference for Research in Diakonia and Christian Social Practice, hosted by the International Society for the Research and Study of Diakonia and Christian Social Practice and VID Specialized University. The theme of the conference was “Contested Spaces of Diaconia – Seeking Justice, Safety and Well-Being.”

On International Women’s Day, World Council of Churches moderator  of the central committee Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm shared a special video message on his Facebook page about an important woman in the Bible.

The Dicastery for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue is hosting a conference in Rome on the importance of women building a culture of interreligious encounter.

The Church of Sweden has renewed its apology to the Sámi people, this time in Sápmi in the Luleå Cathedral.

On the final day of the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) 11^th Assembly, participants are contributing to a strong visual statement of their solidarity for a world without rape and violence through the Thursdays in Black campaign.

Diverses perspectives géographiques et ecclésiales ont été utilisées pour aborder la vision chrétienne d’une Communauté juste pour les femmes et les hommes lors d’une session plénière de pré-assemblée qui s’est déroulée lundi 29 août au matin . La pré-assemblée a lieu les 29 et 30 août, en amont de la 11ᵉ Assemblée du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) à Karlsruhe, en Allemagne.