World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay sent a pastoral letter to Haitian brothers and sisters whose lives are lived in a land with hatred, violence, and suffering. “Although we might be physically distant, we are close to you in heart, in the spiritual sense,” wrote Pillay. “We all are children of God. We belong to one family, as Jesus Christ himself said.”
With an intervention delivered by Max Weber, a student at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, the World Council of Churches expressed deep concern for human rights in Haiti.
The World Council of Churches, in an intervention before the UN Human Rights Council, called upon the UN to ensure that counter-terrorism laws and practices, including efforts to combat terrorism financing, do not unjustly curtail the legitimate activities of civil society organizations, impede civic space, or hinder humanitarian endeavors in the Philippines.
In the Caribbean, there is an increased sense that persons with disabilities have rights and the church is strengthening the view that all are created in the image of God, said a Jamaican cleric and academic who campaigns for disability rights.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay will visit Cuba from 17-19 December to reiterate WCC support for the churches and people in Cuba.
Sharing hopes and challenges for the search for peace on the Korean peninsula, members of the Ecumenical Forum for Peace, Reunification & Development on the Korean Peninsula (EFK) gathered for an informal meeting this week.
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, in a letter to the United Nations General Assembly, voiced support for a resolution condemning the ongoing blockade imposed on the Republic of Cuba.
On 27 October Korean Theology Forum on Climate Crisis organized a conference “The Response of the WCC to the Climate Crisis and its Policy for Carbon Neutrality” for the formation of church leaders, pastors and students interested in ways to connect local activities to the global horizon. The conference was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of the Republic of Korea.
A delegation formed by the World Council of Churches (WCC), member churches, and ecumenical partners met with Cuban president Miguel Diaz Canél on 20 September, discussing the blockade and the harm it has done to the Cuban people, especially related to healthcare and health innovations in Cuba.
With a focus on peacebuilding and human rights protection, The United Evangelical Mission’s International Summer School 2023, organized in cooperation with the World Council of Churches and other partners, took place in August and September in Hofgeismar, Germany.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay shared a message with the International Conference on the 70th Anniversary of Armistice Agreement in the Korean Peninsula, which will take place on 27 July.
La situación de la población de Myanmar –que incluye a más de un millón de personas de etnia rohingya– es cada vez más preocupante, expresó el Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en una declaración pública.
Die Situation der Menschen in Myanmar - darunter mehr als eine Million ethnischer Rohingyas - sei zunehmend besorgniserregend, erklärte der Zentralausschuss des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) in einer öffentlichen Erklärung.
La situation des habitants du Myanmar - dont plus d'un million de Rohingyas - est de plus en plus préoccupante, a exprimé le Comité central du Conseil œcuménique des Eglises (COE) dans une déclaration publique.
The situation for people in Myanmar—including more than one million ethnic Rohingyas—is increasingly concerning, as expressed in the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee minute.
Como parte del Barbados Gospelfest, el coordinador caribeño de la Red Ecuménica de Defensa de las Personas con Discapacidad del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, Rev. Dr. Gordon Cowans, pronunció una conferencia pública el 22 de mayo que analiza el tema “Influir en la vida de las personas con discapacidad: Liberadas para simplemente ser”.