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In a speech before the Anglican Bishops’ Conference of Southern Africa, WCC moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm reflected on “Salt of the earth and light of the world: Unity of the church as a sign for unity in the world.”

Speaking before religious leaders, pastors, and students in Indonesia, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay reflected on “The Kingdom of God and the Role of the Pastor Today.”

"Peace Among the People – Interreligious Action for Peace and Inclusive Communities", keynote address by Peter Prove, director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, World Council of Churches, at the Peace Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, 21 November 2023.

In a joint greeting to the Lutheran World Federation Assembly, gathered in Krakow, Poland from 13-19 September, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Pillay and WCC moderator Bishop Prof. Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm reflected on the assembly’s theme, “One Body, One Spirit, One Hope.”

Words of Welcome: Rev Dr Kenneth Mtata, Incoming Director of Public Witness and Diakoina, WCC, during webinar on: "Global Crisis on Food and the crisis response: A comprehensive update and discussion"

14 December 2022

“Compassion beyond boundaries—and the bridges that get us there”

Building bridges of justice, reconciliation, and peace is a call for all people of faith, and caring with compassion for those who suffer and are in need is part of our very vocation as children of one Creator and brothers and sisters in one humanity.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca delivered a lecture during the first edition of the “Bahrain Dialogue Forum: East and West for Human Coexistence” held 3-4 November. Sauca’s lecture took place during a forum session entitled “Experiences of Promoting Global Coexistence and Human Fraternity.”

Applications are open for a Young Adults Training for Religious Amity program (YATRA) to be held in October.

Welcome address by Marcos Hovhannisyan, bishop of the Ukrainian Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Church and chairman of the Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, meeting the World Council of Churches delegation on 3 August 2022.

Invitation to participate in the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe by the WCC Central committee moderator Dr Agnes Abuom, presented at the 102nd Katholikentag in Stuttgart, Germany.

World Council of Churches moderator Dr Agnes Abuom reflects on the theme of the WCC 11th Assembly, “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity” at the 102nd Katholikentag in Stuttgart, Germany.

Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, World Council of Churches Acting General Secretary

Greetings by Rev. Prof Dr Ioan Sauca, World Council of Churches, Acting General Secretary, co-president of Religions for Peace.

“Holy Places and our Human Identities”, address of the World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca at the conference "International Religious Freedom and Peace – To Promote Freedom of Religion and Preservation of Spiritual, Cultural and Historical Heritage" held at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin from 8-12 September 2021.

Opening remarks by Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the  World Council of Churches central committee at a WCC and All Africa Conference of Churches Africa regional consultation on the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Address by Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri offering an ecumenical perspective on Fratelli tutti, the third encyclical of Pope Francis on fraternity and social friendship, during the webinar on International Women’s Day, 3 March 2021.

Speech by the WCC Interim General Secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca to Forum Ökumene, DiMoe, EMS, KASA - Stuttgart, 18.10.2020

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) released a joint document, “Serving a Wounded World in Interreligious Solidarity: A Christian Call to Reflection and Action During COVID-19 and Beyond.” Its purpose is to encourage churches and Christian organizations to reflect on the importance of interreligious solidarity in a world wounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. The document offers a Christian basis for interreligious solidarity that can inspire and confirm the impulse to serve a world wounded not only by COVID-19 but also by many other wounds.