With prayer, reflections, and deep commitments from those gathered at the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting, the WCC began an Ecumenical Decade of Climate Justice Action on 21 June.
The Prophetic Witness for Life, Justice, and Peace Conference and Seminars concluded in Johannesburg on 16 June, marking a moment of reawakening and recommitment for church leaders and partners across southern Africa. Participants pledged to transform the insights and prophetic calling of their gathering into tangible action within their congregations, communities, and countries.
On 15 June, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Kairos Document and the 1976 Soweto Uprising, church leaders from across denominations and southern African countries embarked on a pilgrimage of reflection, lament, and discernment.
Participants in an ongoing “Prophetic Witness for Life, Justice, and Peace Conference” on 14 June in Johannesburg, South Africa, broke into seminars focusing on many facets of justice—climate, economic, racial, gender, and health.
Participants in the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) 60th meeting in Athens, Greece had a unique opportunity of encounter at the Ecumenical Refugee Programme “Synyparxis,” operating shelters for unaccompanied minors across Greece.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is extending condolences to the people of the Austrian city of Graz, after 10 people died in a school shooting, along with the alleged shooter.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay welcomed the United Nations Ocean Conference being held in Nice, France, from 9-13 June under the theme, “Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean.”
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) will be held in Belém, Brazil from 10-21 November 2025. Rev. Romeu Martini, Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil, shared how climate change is affecting communities, and his expectations for COP30.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) had input into the 49th Session of Universal Periodic Review, a process in which UN member states undergo a peer review of their human rights records.
Religious institutions worldwide are confronting their role in perpetuating menstrual stigma while simultaneously emerging as powerful advocates for women's dignity and health equity. The World Council of Churches (WCC) fourth annual Menstrual Hygiene Day webinar on 4 June brought together speakers from multiple continents and faith traditions to examine how patriarchal structures within religious communities have weaponised menstruation for control and marginalisation, whilst demonstrating how scripture, theology, and faith-based action can become tools for justice and liberation.
As the world prepares for decisive climate negotiations at COP30, faith communities in Latin America and the Caribbean have reiterated a powerful call for action during Panama's Climate Week 2025, demanding that governments move beyond promises to deliver concrete solutions for the planet's most vulnerable populations.
How can churches maintain their prophetic and critical voice, at the same time speaking peace and hope to people? Why is unity among Christians still relevant today, and can we still trust international law and international organizations? Bishop Jonas Jonson speaks on the relevance of the 1925 Life and Work conference in Stockholm, which resulted in establishing both the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), recently gathered for its 60th meeting in Athens, Greece.
Yvonne Apiyo Brändle-Amolo, in a keynote speech titled “The Global Persistence of Anti-Black Racism and Role of the Church,” on 19 May, analyzed the enduring issue of anti-Black racism rooted in historical legacies of slavery and colonialism.
Gathering in Nairobi from 28-29 May, religious leaders and people living with and affected by HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria analyzed global events affecting their people.
An international conference, “Berlin 1884–1885 and Anti-Black Racism: In Search of a Shared Anti-Racist Ecumenical Vision,” acknowledged that the deep wounds of colonialism carved 140 years ago are by no means healed—but that churches can reframe relationships in a radical, de-colonial manner.
As the international community works toward achieving gender equality by 2030, faith leaders are stepping forward to address one of the most overlooked barriers to women's empowerment: menstrual stigma. A joint webinar on 4 June from 15:00-16:30 CEST will explore how religious communities can lead transformative change in making menstruation a normal fact of life globally.
In conjunction with the 78thWorld Health Assembly, which met in Geneva under the theme “One World, One Health,” the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing, led “listening sessions” on 22-23 May to observe and analyse the discussions on global health issues.
A message from the Life and Work conference held in Athens made strong connections to the gathering’s historic counterpart in Stockholm in 1925 and, even further back, to the first Ecumenical Council in Nicaea 1700 years ago.
With an ancient history, deep ties to the ecumenical movement, and extensive social programmes, the Church of Greece is a stalwart institution—as well as this week’s host for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs meeting.
As the “Life and Work” centenary conference continued on 20 May in Athens, participants took a deep dip into church history, emerging with challenging questions and topics that will inform their ongoing discussions.
