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On 2 July, Refcemi, the Coptic Orthodox Office for Advocacy and Public Policy, alongside communications agency Jersey Road, hosted an inaugural “Faith In the Media" event at The Sanctuary, St Andrew by the Wardrobe Church in London, inviting members of UK national press and UK church leaders to hear findings of “The Christianity in the Media 2025 report.” The “Faith in the Media” event aims to become an annual event that will provide a space to examine representation of faith in UK media, with its focus this year on Christianity.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is involved in many different aspects of the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council, currently convening in Geneva from 16 June to 9 July. 

In an address to students at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, on 2 July, Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, spoke on “The Rise of Christian Far-Right Extremism and the Response of the Global Ecumenical Community.”

During an ecumenical conference on 30 June in Seoul, South Korea, Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, shared a keynote speech on “The Rise of Christian Far-Right Extremism and the Response of the Global Ecumenical Community.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, in a statement, reiterated the foundational assertion that rejects war as contrary to God’s will, and called for an immediate global ceasefire as a moral imperative.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee expressed “deep lamentation and outrage” as the crisis in Palestine and Israel escalates to levels that flagrantly violate international humanitarian and human rights law as well as the most basic principles of morality.

Churches in South Sudan have begun peace prayers for the country that will last for 70 days. Rev. Tut Kony Nyang Kon, general secretary of the South Sudan Council of Churches, announced the prayers on 9 June, as a complex crisis, underlined by armed conflicts, food insecurity, and displacement continued to unfold in the world’s youngest nation.

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.

An Armenian Heritage Conference opened in Bern, Switzerland, on 27 May to address the consequences of the conflict in Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh with regard to the protection of Armenian religious and cultural heritage, the human rights of its people, and the future security of the Armenian nation. 

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.

Reports from the moderator and the director of the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs summarized the history of the Conference on Life and Work and looked forward at the commission’s upcoming discussions of emerging global trends. 

A “Life and Work” centenary conference opened on 18 May in Athens, with participants seeking a fresh commitment to unity of the church and of all humanity.