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WCC mourns passing of Fr Thomas Fitzgerald

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the passing and celebrating the life of Fr Thomas Fitzgerald, who passed away on 29 December 2024.

08 January 2025

Faith and Order commissioners explore Nicaea anniversary at Munich university

Academic dialogue and the experience of churches both play a vital role in the search for Christian unity, according to representatives of the World Council of Churches Faith and Order commission and Munich university when they met to discuss the 2025 anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.

18 December 2024

Commission on Faith and Order

Liturgical text

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2025: Praying for Togetherness To a God of Togetherness

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2025: "Praying for Togetherness To a God of Togetherness", a WCC resource for Households, Schools and Church Services where all-ages are present.

16 December 2024

WCC requests nominations for Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is seeking nominations from its member churches for delegates to the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order, to take place in October 2025 in Egypt.

13 December 2024

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National Council of Churches in Korea delegation visits WCC

A 21-person delegation from the National Council of Churches in Korea visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 28-29 November.

03 December 2024

Publication

Colourfull book cover with mirror images of a cross and the WCC "pilgrim routes."

United and Uniting Churches: Two Messages

Faith and Order Papers, Series 2, n. 225

Taken together, these two messages from international consultations, sponsored by the World Council of Churches, provide a valuable entry point for reflection on the self-understanding and mission of United and Uniting Churches in today’s world.
I. Going the Second Mile: A message of the 8th Consultation of United and Uniting Churches. Johannesburg, 29 October–5 November 2008
II. Living in Tents: A Message of the 9th Consultation of United and Uniting Churches. Chennai, 25 November–2 December 2015.
Two appendices provide documentary information about Faith and Order publications concerning United and Uniting Churches.

03 December 2024

Seminary offers living community of prayer for WCC spiritual life team

When the team preparing the spiritual life for the forthcoming World Conference on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches (WCC) gathered in Florida, they did so at a Roman Catholic seminary at the invitation of a bishop of The Episcopal Church.

02 December 2024

Two men dressed in religious garb pose for a photo.

WCC general secretary meets with His Holiness Pope Tawadros II and church leaders in Egypt

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay met with His Holiness Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo, Egypt.

28 November 2024

an orthodox priest reads the Holy Scripture at the altar of a church during a prayer of the WCC Executive committee meeting in Cyprus

WCC executive committee radiates hope amid world’s darkness

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee concluded its meeting in Cyprus with inspiration and practical plans for a way forward with hope, even in a challenging world.

28 November 2024

Participants visited various sites in Cape town during the seminar, here at the Desmond and Leah Tutu Centre, Photo: Teddy Chalwe Sakupapa/WCC

Seminar addresses decolonising the Bible

A seminar entitled “The word of God is living and active: Decolonising the Bible in the midst of colonial legacies and idolatrous powers” was cohosted on 18-24 November, by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and University of the Western Cape.

28 November 2024

WCC gives thanks for the life of Choan-Seng Song

The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, has given thanks for the creative and inspiring work of Rev. Prof. Dr Choan-Seng Song, former WCC associate director for Faith and Order, who has died at the age of 95.

28 November 2024

Letter

WCC general secretary letter on the passing of Rev. Prof. Dr Choan-Seng Song

28 November 2024

General Secretary

Statement: public statement

Statement on the War in Gaza, Lebanon, and the Wider Middle East

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee statement on the War in Gaza, Lebanon, and the Wider Middle East, adopted at the meeting in Cyprus on 21-26 November 2024.

25 November 2024

Executive committee

Spiritual Life committee gathered at the Roman Catholic St Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida, USA.

Prayer to be spiritual heartbeat of Faith and Order conference

Prayer will be at the centre of the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order when it gathers in October 2025 near Alexandria, Egypt, on the theme “Where now for visible unity?”

22 November 2024

Report

Report of the WCC general secretary at the executive committee in Paralimni, Cyprus

Report of the WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay at the WCC executive committee meeting convening in Paralimni, Cyprus, 21-26 November 2024.

21 November 2024

Executive committee

Interview

Dr Andrej Jeftić reflects on expectations for Ecumenical Year 2025

Dr Andrej Jeftić, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order Commission, answered questions about his expectations for the Ecumenical Year 2025, as well as how the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea might inspire churches today.

14 November 2024

Colloquium at University of Fribourg will contemplate Nicaea Council as a guide to unity

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order Commission, in collaboration with the Study Centre for Eastern Churches at the Ecumenical Institute in Fribourg, is offering a colloquium entitled “The Council of Nicaea as an Ecumenical Guide for Christian Unity,” on 18 November.

13 November 2024

Istanbul conference remembers theological and ecumenical vision of Elder Metropolitan John Zizioulas

The theological legacy and ecumenical vision of the Orthodox theologian Elder Metropolitan John Zizioulas of Pergamon, who died in 2023 aged 92, has been remembered at a conference in Istanbul organized under the patronage of the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I.

11 November 2024