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A side event to the 57th UN Human Rights Council entitled “Human Rights in West Papua,” hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and partner organizations on 1 October, addressed the dire human rights situation in the Papuan provinces of Indonesia, with ongoing violations that include extra-judicial killings, internal displacement due to armed conflict, restrictions on civil liberties, and a growing number of cases of land grabbing. 

“Nuclear Justice and Transitional Justice,” a side event to the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, was held on 27 September. 

The following feature story is adapted from remarks made by Kathryn Lohre, executive for Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, during an international Anglican Lutheran Society meeting in Edinburgh held in September.

The year 2025 will mark the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea in 325, which inspired the modern ecumenical movement to work on issues on Faith and Order for the unity of the church and humankind. Additionally, 2025 will also mark the 100th anniversary of the first Universal Christian Conference on Life and Work, held in Stockholm in 1925. 

The latest issue of Media Development, a quarterly journal of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), focuses on “Communication in Conflict Situations.” 

Philip Lee, editor, spoke of the importance of addressing the ethical and practical questions from a communication rights perspective.

The most recent group from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel has shared observations and feedback from local people on the ground who describe the accompaniers “a light to the world.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will be involved in several events unfolding in New York City from 22-28 September as the United Nations Summit of the Future convene.

From 1-3 September, the "Restoring the Land, Protecting the Climate" workshop, organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC), convened in Limuru, Kenya, bringing together faith leaders, climate advocates, and agricultural and forestry experts. 

An academic consultation of the Societas Oecumenica, the European Society for Ecumenical Research, has been exploring the significance of the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea, whose 1700th anniversary will be celebrated in 2025, for the search for Christian unity today.

On 4-5 September, Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), accompanied by Dr Andrej Jeftić, director of the WCC Commission on Faith and Order, visited the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo and Metohija. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted a diverse array of visitors from across the world last week, engaging in discussions on topic ranging from children’s rights to unity, communication strategies and health and healing to the Middle East.

The Center for Peace Theology at University of Hamburg, Germany, together with the Mennonite Congregation in Hamburg-Altona, gave the international Menno Simons Preaching Award to Riki Neufeld, pastor at the Evangelical Mennonite Congregation Schänzli in Muttenz (Switzerland).