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Pacific youth during a hybrid event of the Ecumenical Continuing Formation Youth, Transformative Masculinity and Femininity

Youth from the Pacific gather to share their greatest concerns—along with creative solutions—with the WCC

At an event called “Ecumenical Continuing Formation: Youth, Transformative Masculinity

and Femininity,” young people from the Pacific gathered from 15-19 November, both online and in-person, to express their honest feelings about the issues most important to them.

25 November 2021

Event

Webinar: “Climate Justice, Food, and Faith”

09 November 2021

The webinar will discuss the impact of climate change on food, food systems and livelihoods. Key input will give information regarding negotiations towards developing meaningful guidance to inform climate action in agriculture.

News

WCC presents message at major international “Faith and Science” talks ahead of COP26

The World Council of Churches (WCC) presented a message at a major international gathering of world religious leaders and scientists ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

04 October 2021

News

Scottish and UK religious leaders call for urgent climate action

Scottish and UK religious leaders have signed a declaration urging governments to take transformational climate action at the COP26 in November.

20 September 2021

Interview

“Coventry Cathedral continues to speak a word of hope to the world”

The Right Reverend Dr Christopher Cocksworth is Bishop of Coventry, the senior leader of the Church of England in Coventry and Warwickshire in the United Kingdom. On 14 November 2020, Bishop Cocksworth, along with the Archbishops of Canterbury and York as well as more than 30 other bishops, issued a statement welcoming the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and calling on the UK Government to join it. The statement coincided with the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Coventry and destruction of its cathedral.

10 December 2020

News

Bishop Philip Huggins, president of the National Council of Churches in Australia. Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC

Bishop Philip Huggins: We can rise to the challenge of the climate emergency

At the the 57th session of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of Churches on International Affairs in Brisbane, Australia, Bishop Philip Huggins thoughtfully summed up why this year is a crucial one for the planet.

21 February 2020