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Faith leaders demand financial justice at UN development conference

The World Council of Churches (WCC) brought faith-based perspectives to the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, a major United Nations meeting held in Seville, Spain. The conference brings together world leaders to discuss how to fund global development goals, including fighting poverty and climate change.

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.

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.”

Will COP30 help people strive for life with dignity?

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. 

Bishop Jonas Jonson: Speak peace and hope to people

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.

Upcoming global webinar tackles period stigma in faith communities

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.