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Le 20 février, le président israélien Isaac Herzog a officiellement reçu le pasteur Jerry Pillay, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), pour discuter de la situation actuelle en Israël et en Palestine et de la guerre à Gaza.

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.

Israeli president Isaac Herzog formally received World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay on 20 February, to discuss the current situation in Israel and Palestine, and the war in Gaza. 

Le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, a rencontré le président palestinien Mahmoud Abbas à Ramallah, en Cisjordanie, le 19 février, et a exhorté à mettre un terme «au cycle de violence et de souffrance qui semble interminable»

Le 18 février, la délégation et le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, ont rencontré le directeur d’Islamic Waqf à Jérusalem, Sheikh Azzam Khatib, réitérant l’engagement du COE à préserver Jérusalem comme ville des trois religions abrahamiques.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay and delegation met with Sheikh Azzam Khatib, director of Islamic Waqf in Jerusalem on 18 February, reiterating the WCC’s commitment to maintaining Jerusalem as a city of all three Abrahamic religions. 

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay met with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, West Bank, on 19 February, urging an end to the “seemingly endless cycle of violence and suffering.” 

Les Églises membres, les responsables religieux et les groupes chrétiens locaux en Palestine et en Israël, de même que le président palestinien Mahmoud Abbas et le président israélien Isaac Herzog, rencontreront le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, le 16 février lors de sa visite dans la région. 

Member churches, religious leaders and local Christian groups in Palestine and Israel—as well as Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli president Isaac Herzog—will meet with World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay as he visits the area beginning 16 February. 

Twenty-four students and seven teachers from the Focolare Movement joined the World Council of Churches (WCC) for Ash Wednesday prayer services, and for an introduction to the ecumenical movement. 

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.

Six ecumenical accompaniers have returned to Palestine and Israel, resuming in-person operations for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. Ecumenical accompaniers, who were evacuated beginning of October 2023, had been continuing their support and accompaniment online. 

The tenth rendition of the Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-based Organizations in International Affairs was held on 23 January in New York City, drawing more than 700 registered followers online;