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The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem released a statement on 10 November about the celebration of Advent and Christmas in the midst of the war.

Plus de 600 personnes ont assisté au Neuvième symposium annuel sur le Rôle de la religion et des organisations confessionnelles dans les affaires internationales qui s’est déroulé en ligne le 24 janvier. Ce symposium, qui avait pour thème «Assurer le bien-être des populations et la durabilité planétaire», était organisé par le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) et une coalition de partenaires confessionnels et des Nations unies. Des responsables des Nations unies, des représentant-e-s d’organisations confessionnelles internationales et d’autres experts sur les changements climatiques, le désarmement et d’autres sujets essentiels y ont pris part.

Un symposium organisé prochainement abordera le thème «2021: une année décisive pour accélérer vers l’équité, la justice et l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes». Prévu le 26 janvier prochain, il s’agira du 7e symposium annuel sur le rôle de la religion et des organisations d’inspiration religieuse dans les affaires internationales.

In his address to the World Leaders Forum held at the Columbia University on 2 December, UN secretary-general António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres spoke on the "State of the Planet.” He described our planet as "broken" and humanity as waging a suicidal war on the natural world. The fatal and disastrous consequences, including runaway climate change, biodiversity loss, and the COVID-19 pandemic, are increasingly apparent.

At the end of the second week of Advent, WCC staff gathered in the Chapel of the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva for a special midday prayer for peace in Syria and the Middle East led by Father Jack (Yaqoub) Mourad, head of the Syriac Catholic Monastery of Saint Elian in al-Qaryatayn.

In the wake of violence against a worshiping congregation in the town of Hantoukoura in Burkina Faso on 1 December, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit condemned the attack on innocent people gathered to worship on the first Sunday in Advent.

«Le financement du développement durable représente l’expression d’une éthique de la solidarité et du partage, y compris avec les générations qui nous succéderont et qui hériteront de ce que nous aurons fait, en bien ou en mal», a déclaré Peter Prove, directeur des Affaires internationales au Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) lors d’un symposium organisé le 29 janvier au siège des Nations Unies (ONU) à New York.

The pastor of a Protestant congregation in Geneva is excited that Pope Francis has accepted the invitation to join in celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches.

“This is a pope who is open, inclusive, and engaged and speaks about things that are important to Christians and all humanity. His visit encourages and supports unity in the body of Christ,” says Rev. Andy Willis, pastor of the English-speaking Evangelical Lutheran Church of Geneva. “I am personally profoundly excited by what he represents.”

Lors d’une réception organisée par l’UNICEF le 22 janvier, le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit a proposé une vision œcuménique de la migration, de l’inclusion et de la justice.

The people of South Sudan are experiencing the most difficult time in their history of suffering and self-destruction, says the South Sudan Council of Churches, reaching out with an Advent and Christmas message of hope.

Amid continuing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Christians in Seoul are hoping the fragile light of candles will illumine a path to peace. Along with Christian groups around the world, they are holding candlelight vigils for peace during the season of Advent.

In a global campaign “A Light of Peace”, the World Council of Churches (WCC) invites people across the globe to unite in the prayers for the Korean Peninsula and for a world free from nuclear weapons.

Amid continuing tension and conflict on the Korean Peninsula that threatens peace and the security of the Korean people, the World Council of Churches (WCC) called its member churches to participate in “A Light of Peace” campaign during Advent.

While celebrating new steps taken towards global elimination of nuclear weapons, the WCC Executive Committee also fears the cycle of confrontation on the Korean peninsula might slide into nuclear warfare.