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WCC extends prayers for lasting peace in Haiti

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay sent a pastoral letter to Haitian brothers and sisters whose lives are lived in a land with hatred, violence, and suffering. Although we might be physically distant, we are close to you in heart, in the spiritual sense,” wrote Pillay. We all are children of God. We belong to one family, as Jesus Christ himself said.”

Women and children in Gaza bearing brunt of ongoing war

Women and children in Gaza are bearing the heavy brunt of the ongoing war, according to reports from the United Nations, with close to a million women and girls displaced and 12,882 women and children already perished in a war that has now raged for more than 100 days.

WCC continues to promote inclusive citizenship in Iraq

The World Council of Churches (WCC), in partnership with CAPNI and UFUQ, is reaffirming its ongoing commitment to fostering sustainable peace through justice and inclusive citizenship in Iraq. This reaffirmation follows successful completion of a project to revise national educational curricula, promoting inclusive education and pedagogy.

מועצת הכנסיות העולמית (ה-WCC) קוראת להפסקה מיידית של האלימות האכזרית בעזה

בשעה שאנו מתקרבים לסופה של שנה שבמהלכה מתגבר והולך סכסוך יוצא דופן, ובעודנו מתפללים לשלום כולם בשנת 2024, "אין מי שעבורם התפילה הזו נדמית רחוקה יותר מלהתגשם מאשר אנשי עזה שעוברים סבל וטראומה." אמר מזכ"ל מועצת הכנסיות העולמית הכומר פרופ' ד"ר ג'רי פילי.

WCC calls for immediate end to brutal violence in Gaza

As a year of exceptional and increasing conflict draws to a close, and as we pray for peace for all in 2024, “that prospect seems nowhere more remote than for the suffering and traumatized people of Gaza,” said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay. 

ה-WCC מציינת 75 שנים שעברו מאז “הנכבה”

במהלך הטקס שציין 75 שנים ממה שהפלסטינים מתייחסים אליו כ"הנכבה", או האסון"—כאשר מאות אלפי אנשים עזבו ונמלטו מבתיהם בשנת 1948—המזכיר הכללי של מועצת הכנסיות העולמית (WCC), הכומר פרופ. דר' ג'רי פילאי הביע סולידריות עם הכנסיות החברות בארץ הקודש.

WCC marks 75th commemoration of “Al-Nakba”

During the 75th commemoration of what Palestinians refer to as the nakba, or catastrophe”—when hundreds of thousands of people were uprooted during Israel's creation in 1948—World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed solidarity with member churches in the Holy Land.

During solidarity visit to Türkiye, WCC and ACT Alliance witness great needs yet great collaboration: “the churches are all working together”

After returning from a solidarity visit to Türkiye, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay and ACT Alliance general secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria appear in a video interview speaking about what they saw, how churches are working together, and their unique reflections on their visit—held 4-6 April—took place during western Holy Week.