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Leadership of the central committee of the World Council of Churches, on behalf of the entire fellowship and the staff of the Council, extend the most sincere condolences to His All Holiness Bartholomew Ecumenical Patriarch and to the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the passing of Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima.

In a letter of solidarity to churches and all people throughout Germany, Belgium, Austria and the Netherlands, the moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee Dr Agnes Abuon and the acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca extended condolences and concern for those who lost loved ones during the severe flooding that struck the region in mid-July.

The World Council of Churches, with more than 350 member churches in 120 countries representing over 560 million people globally, welcomes the establishment of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas which has brought a desperately-needed respite from the violence, bloodshed and destruction that Secretary-General Guterres rightly described as “appalling” and “senseless”.

Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the WCC central committee, and Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, WCC interim general secretary, sent a letter of condolence to the Methodist Church Sierra Leone on the passing of Bishop John K. Yambasu.

Pastoral letter by WCC Moderator Dr Agnes Abuom and General Secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and the WCC Central Committee moderator Dr Agnes Abuom's letter of condolences on the death of Rev. Tuikilakila Waqairatu to Methodist Church of Fiji.

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and the WCC Central Committee moderator Dr Agnes Abuom's letter of condolences on the death of Lois M. Dauway to Bishop Maryann Swenson, ecumenical officer for the Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church.

Sent to Bishop Dr Ambrose Moyo, President of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches by the WCC President for Africa, Dr Agnes Abuom.