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Au nom de la communauté fraternelle mondiale, le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, a présenté ses vœux aux juives et aux juifs partout dans le monde à l’occasion de leurs célébrations de Pâque.

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. 

Dans une lettre à Son Éminence, le Grand Imam d’Al-Azhar, Ahmad el-Tayeb, le Secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, présente ses vœux de joie à toute la communauté musulmane à l’occasion de l’Aïd al-Fitr.

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. 

Trois commissions du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) réunies au Centre œcuménique à Genève cette semaine ont élu leur vice-présidente.

Three World Council of Churches (WCC) commissions meeting this week at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva have elected vice moderators.

Trois commissions du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), à savoir la Commission des Églises pour les affaires internationales, la Commission des Églises pour la santé et la guérison et la Commission des Églises pour la justice climatique et le développement durable, se réunissent du 5 au 8 mars à Genève autour du thème «La foi, la diaconie et un témoignage efficace au XXI^e siècle».

Three World Council of Churches (WCC) commissions—the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, Commission on Health and Healing, and Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development—are jointly meeting from 5-8 March in Geneva to explore the theme "Faith and Effective Witness and Diakonia in the 21st Century.”

The World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, on 4 March, will host a 90-minute discussion on humanitarian needs. The purpose will be to hear and discuss the views of faith-based organisations on what constitutes “humanitarian need” and how best to prioritize between different needs and contexts.

The World Council of Churches (WCC), on 12 February, submitted comments to the zero draft of the “Pact for the Future,” the envisaged outcome of the UN Summit for the Future.

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. 

During a visit to Angola held 21-28 January, World Council of Churches (WCC) staff met with local church and community leaders to discuss how preventing obstetric fistula is a matter of human rights.

As the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting commenced in Davos beginning 15 January, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay urged the gathering to renew its commitment to multilateral cooperation for the longer-term good of all people. 

The forum is convening under the theme “Rebuilding Trust.”