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Tasoula Hadjitofi, Famagusta, Cyprus, 2021, Photo: Julian Busch

Tasoula Hadjitofi: “Never lose faith in humanity”

An Armenian Heritage Conference, organized recently by the World Council of Churches and the Swiss Protestant Church, held in Bern, Switzerland, focused on the protection of Armenian religious and cultural heritage in Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh.

10 July 2025

Michael Rubin, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC, presenting during the Armenian Heritage Conference, hosted by the World Council of Churches in collaboration with the Protestant Church in Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland, May 2025, Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC

Michael Rubin addresses threats facing Armenian heritage

An Armenian Heritage Conference, organized by the World Council of Churches and the Swiss Protestant Church, held recently in Bern, Switzerland, focused on the protection of Armenian religious and cultural heritage in Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh.

10 July 2025

Photo of the audience at the Inaugural "Faith in the media"- event in London

Inaugural “Faith in the Media” event convenes in London

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.

07 July 2025

Among the millions of paper cranes left at the Children's Peace Monument in Hiroshima, Japan, in 2015, a thousand came from a delegation of pilgrims from the World Council of Churches, and contained several hand-written prayers for peace. The cranes are deposited by Japanese underneath a statue of Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who died of leukemia from radiation after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Her unsuccessful bid to fold a thousand cranes

World Health Assembly passes resolution mandating WHO to review health impacts of nuclear war

The World Health Assembly has passed a resolution giving the World Health Organization the mandate to update a now 30-year-old review of the health impacts of nuclear war.

03 July 2025

Dozens of young assembly participants mobilize a coordinated speech during a business plenary session of the WCC 11th Assembly, demanding better representation and crying out for their voices to be heard more loudly in the worldwide fellowship of churches. At the microphone is Isabella Reimann Gnas of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reco

Conference in Malaysia will focus on “Youth and Evangelism: Empowering the next generation of church leaders”

The World Council of Churches Commission on World Mission and Evangelism and the Council for World Mission, hosted by the Presbyterian Church in Malaysia, are organizing a conference on “Youth and Evangelism: Empowering the next generation of church leaders,” from 24-28 August in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

03 July 2025

The United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, housed at the historic Palais des Nations, Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC

WCC has key involvement in 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council

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.

03 July 2025

Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, standing in front of a podium, speaking at Yonsei University in South Korea

At Yonsei University in South Korea, WCC reiterates critical importance of churches including young people

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.”

02 July 2025

The Rise of Christian Far-Right Extremism and the Response of the Global Ecumenical Community.

WCC shares insights on rise of Christian far-right extremism

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.”

01 July 2025

WCC women’s meeting creates space for open sharing

As in every World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting, women central committee members, stewards, staff, and observers came together to celebrate the strength of women in the ecumenical movement and address their ongoing challenges.

25 June 2025

WCC calls for churches to act on threats to public health

In a context of major reductions in investment in health, development, and humanitarian support, the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee called on churches to provide hope for the health of people and communities.

24 June 2025

Gender justice is “not a static moment,” WCC plenary finds

A gender justice plenary during the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting on 23 June featured “living legacies”—women who led during remarkable times in history and who are still calling for churches and societies to keep moving together.

23 June 2025

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18 June 2025, Johannesburg, South Africa: A steward is pictured at work as people enjoy fellowship during the 2025 Central Committee meeting of the World Council of Churches taking place in Johannesburg (South Africa) from 18 to 24 June 2025 on the theme ’Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity’.

A life-changing experience for some WCC stewards—find out why

Meet some of the dedicated, enthusiastic stewards at the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee. They aren’t just the future of the ecumenical movement—they are the “now!” From producing dramas, to leading prayers, from handling logistics, to communicating prophetic messages, their voices are at the heart of the WCC governing body’s meeting, taking place in Johannesburg, South Africa from 18-23 June.

23 June 2025

19 June 2025, Johannesburg, South Africa: Stewards together with WCC programme executive for youth Abigayle Bolado gather for a photo at the 2025 Central Committee meeting of the World Council of Churches taking place in Johannesburg (South Africa) from 18 to 24 June 2025 on the theme ’Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity’.

If you are a steward, “you will be absolutely out of your head”

Three communications stewards at the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, became on-the-spot reporters, asking their fellow stewards some questions about their experiences at the meeting of the WCC convening body, and about how they see their wider role in the ecumenical movement.

23 June 2025

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Ambassadors of hope: young people share their visions rooted in justice, unity, and reconciliation

A new network of young people, ages 20-30, has formed a cohort called “Ecumenical voices of youth ambassadors”, to articulate a vision of rooted in justice, unity, and reconciliation.

12 June 2025

Ecumenical Refugee Programme in Greece: where strangers become brothers

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.

12 June 2025

WCC extends condolences to people of Graz in wake of school shooting

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.

11 June 2025

WCC had input into 49th Session of Universal Periodic Review

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.

06 June 2025

Speaker of the Webinar on Menstrual Hygiene

Religious communities confront menstrual stigma in international webinar

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.

05 June 2025