Ministering to the needs of displaced people, most of them south of Gaza, the Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees of the Middle East Council of Churches has a clear message to the world.
Si la COP28 n’a pas accouché d’un plan crédible pour sortir progressivement des combustibles fossiles, il demeure des raisons d’espérer que le monde puisse avancer vers la justice climatique, a indiqué le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, le pasteur Jerry Pillay à la fin de la COP28.
The World Council of Churches (WCC), in a submission to the Assembly of State Parties to the International Criminal Court on 14 December, urged the creation of a better legal framework to address climate change disinformation.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism, at a meeting in London from 1-5 December, hosted by United Society of Partners in the Gospel, explored the concept of mission as reparatory justice.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay will visit Cuba from 17-19 December to reiterate WCC support for the churches and people in Cuba.
During a webinar presented by the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) and hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC), civil society and faith-based groups explored their shared commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Dans un message adressé au Forum mondial sur les réfugié-e-s publié le 12 décembre, des responsables religieux ont souligné leur attachement à apporter un abri aux réfugié-e-s et à défendre leurs droits.
Sa Toute-Sainteté le patriarche œcuménique Bartholomée s’est exprimé devant une assemblée de responsables religieux rassemblés au Centre œcuménique du Conseil œcuménique des Églises le 12 décembre, à la veille de l’ouverture du Forum mondial sur les réfugiés.
In a nation marked by decades of alarming numbers of internal displacement and confinement mainly affecting Indigenous and Afro-Colombians, the walk toward peace is complicated—but the World Council of Churches (WCC) is deepening collaboration on Colombia’s vision for total peace.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) supports a UN resolution, passed on 12 December 2023, demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Though COP28 failed to produce a credible plan to phase out fossil fuels, there is still reason for hope that the world can move toward climate justice, said World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay as COP28 concluded.
As the world marks the 16 Days of Activism on Gender Based Violence, religious leaders, human rights activists, and development partners in Tanzania joined on 5 December to discuss the human rights of girls and women, including those with disabilities, in a forum titled “Wealth of Knowledge and a Wealth of Care.”
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.
A COP28 side event on 10 December, entitled “Faith communities have a moral imperative to address Water-food-climate Justice,” reimagined a world in which climate action policies help create a habitable world for all.
On 9 December, during a COP28 side event titled "Faith communities & resilient frontliners responding to the nexus of food-water-climate change,” 12-year-old Faith Sebwa had a clear message to the world.
Un atelier organisé du 11 au 14 décembre invite les jeunes responsables d’Églises à prévenir les inégalités femmes-hommes et à plaider pour la justice de genre sur les médias sociaux et d’autres espaces en ligne.
A delegation from the World Council of Churches (WCC) is visiting Colombia, conveying a message of the WCC’s commitment to accompanying and supporting the nation’s peace processes.
On 10 December, Blue Communities across the world—including the World Council of Churches (WCC)—are urging all levels of government to protect water resources from financial markets and corporate interests.
Faith communities have delivered a statement to COP28, expressing their alarm over the over the accelerating climate emergency, and calling for phasing out fossil fuels.