Can ecumenical peacebuilding guide the way towards shared interests in the Russia-Ukraine war, which exemplifies the clash of fundamentally different value systems, ethical frameworks, and historical narratives? Peter Prove, director of the WCC’s Commission of the Churches on International Affairs reflects on the issue in the inaugural edition of Geneva Policy Outlook, a new online publication.
The Dicastery for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue is hosting a conference in Rome on the importance of women building a culture of interreligious encounter.
After the assassination of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko, statements and messages of condolences began pouring forth from churches and governments across the world. Maseko was shot in his home in Eswatini on 21 January by unknown attackers.
Le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, le pasteur Jerry Pillay, a dénoncé un attentat à la bombe qui a tué 17 membres de la paroisse de la 8e Communauté des Églises pentecôtistes du Congo le 15 janvier. 39 personnes ont été blessées.
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay denounced a bomb attack that killed 17 members of the parish of the 8th Community of Pentecostal Churches of Congo on 15 January. Thirty-nine people were wounded.
Le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, le pasteur Jerry Pillay, a dénoncé les attaques incessantes contre les populations et les infrastructures civiles par la Russie dans sa guerre illégale menée contre le peuple d’Ukraine.
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay denounced continuing attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Russia’s ongoing illegal war against the people of Ukraine.
Amid rapidly rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula over the past few weeks, the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) released a statement entitled “Hope for the Korean Peninsula from the heat of war to coexistence with the warm breeze of peace.”
In a letter to Colombian president Gustavo Petro Urrego, and to the high commissioner for peace Danilo Rueda Rodriguéz, the World Council of Churches, World Communion of Reformed Churches, and ACT Alliance congratulated the government of Colombia for the appointment of four women to the negotiation team for a peace agreement with the National Liberation Army.
Le 24 novembre, le président palestinien Mahmoud Abbas a officiellement reçu le secrétaire général par intérim du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le père Ioan Sauca, pour une réunion visant à discuter de la paix juste en Palestine et en Israël.
Le Comité consultatif de liaison du COE à Jérusalem s’est réuni pour la première fois à Jérusalem sous la conduite du secrétaire général par intérim du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le père prof. Ioan Sauca, pour préparer l’avenir.
On 24 November, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas formally received the acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca for a meeting to discuss just peace in Palestine and Israel.
Under the leadership of World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, the WCC Jerusalem Liaison Advisory Committee held its first meeting in Jerusalem, during which it mapped future plans.
A joint message signed by World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca and Christian Conference of Asia general secretary Dr Mathews George Chunakara expressed grave concern over recent attacks by the Myanmar military on a theological seminary and churches in Kachin and Kayah States.
World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca shared a message during a Global Tolerance Alliance Summit and Round Table held in Abu Dhabi on 16-17 November.
Here comes the bride. Donned in a wedding gown, Ribhieh Rajabi is walking over a pile of rubble in the Silwan neighborhood of Jerusalem. She’s surrounded by family, friends, journalists, and even strangers who came to show solidarity.
H.E. Mor Boutros Kassis, who has been serving the community for the last seven years as a temporary bishop, was installed as archbishop of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Aleppo on 15 October.
Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se réjouit d’apprendre que le prix Nobel de la paix 2022 a été décerné au militant bélarusse de défense des droits de la personne emprisonné Ales Bialiatski, à l’organisation russe de défense des droits de la personne, Memorial, et au Centre pour les libertés civiles ukrainien.