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How do we end exclusion, racism, economic injustice? Voices from across the world brought stories—and solutions—via online events hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in conjunction with the Commission on the Status of Women, the UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Tres comisiones del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) reunidas esta semana en el Centro Ecuménico de Ginebra han elegido vicemoderadoras.

Drei Kommissionen des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), die sich diese Woche versammeln, haben stellvertretende Vorsitzende gewählt.

Trois commissions du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) réunies au Centre œcuménique à Genève cette semaine ont élu leur vice-présidente.

Three World Council of Churches (WCC) commissions meeting this week at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva have elected vice moderators.

Des intervenant-e-s du monde entier impliqué-e-s dans les travaux de trois commissions essentielles du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) ont évoqué les tendances géopolitiques mondiales ayant une incidence sur leurs activités et sur les membres de leurs Églises.

Le panel, dirigé par la Commission des Églises pour les affaires internationales, a été modéré par le M. Mathews George Chunakara, secrétaire général de la Conférence chrétienne d’Asie.

Trois commissions du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), à savoir la Commission des Églises pour les affaires internationales, la Commission des Églises pour la santé et la guérison et la Commission des Églises pour la justice climatique et le développement durable, se réunissent du 5 au 8 mars à Genève autour du thème «La foi, la diaconie et un témoignage efficace au XXI^e siècle».

Tres comisiones del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) —la Comisión de las Iglesias para Asuntos Internacionales, la Comisión de las Iglesias para la Salud y la Sanación y la Comisión sobre Justicia Climática y Desarrollo Sostenible— celebrarán una reunión conjunta del 5 al 8 de marzo en Ginebra para explorar el tema “Fe, testimonio eficaz y diaconía en el siglo XXI”.

People from around the world involved in the work of three critical World Council of Churches (WCC) commissions have discussed global geopolitical trends impacting their activities and church members. The panel, led by the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, was moderated by Dr Mathews George Chunakara, general secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia.

Three World Council of Churches (WCC) commissions—the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, Commission on Health and Healing, and Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development—are jointly meeting from 5-8 March in Geneva to explore the theme "Faith and Effective Witness and Diakonia in the 21st Century.”

Remembrance Day, observed 1 March, is a national holiday in the Marshall Islands that honors victims and survivors of nuclear testing done in the area in the 1950s.

The World Council of Churches (WCC), on 12 February, submitted comments to the zero draft of the “Pact for the Future,” the envisaged outcome of the UN Summit for the Future.

As the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting commenced in Davos beginning 15 January, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay urged the gathering to renew its commitment to multilateral cooperation for the longer-term good of all people. 

The forum is convening under the theme “Rebuilding Trust.” 

The Christian Council of Nigeria extended condolences for those who lost loved ones amid violent attacks in remote villages in northern Nigeria. At least 140 were killed as assailants targeted 17 communities, burning down most houses in the area. 

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay met with Colombian minister of the interior Luis Fernando Velasco on 13 December in Bogota to talk about the government's efforts to seek social, economic, and environmental justice.