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WCC moderator welcomes new Vatican document on the papacy

Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator of the central committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), has welcomed a new study document published by the Vatican in which it discusses the responses to a 1995 encyclical on Christian unity by Pope John Paul II.

Ecumenical Patriarch advocates for common Pascha date

His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has noted that Easter celebration in 2025 will not merely be a fortuitous occurrence, but rather the beginning of a unified date for its observance by both Eastern and Western Christianity.”

WCC congratulates Faith and Order of Korean Churches

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay sent a congratulatory message to the Faith and Order of Korean Churches, established ten years ago by the Korean Catholic Bishops' Conference and the National Council of Churches in Korea. 

2025 – An Ecumenical Year on the Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity

The ecumenical fellowship find inspiration in two major anniversaries that fall in 2025, the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea in 325 and the 100th anniversary of the Universal Christian Conference on Life and Work in Stockholm in 1925.

This brochure highlights WCC activities and events that will commemorate these two events, but also a number of other significant anniversaries.

At Barbados Gospelfest 2024, WCC leads “Campaign of Hope”

During a week of music, lectures, and dialogue, the World Council of Churches (WCC) played key roles in the Barbados Gospelfest which ran from 26 May to 2 June. Started in 1993, through the then-ministry of tourism in Barbados, the Barbados Gospelfest has evolved over the past 30 years as one of the Caribbeans premiere gospel music festivals.