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The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay has warmly welcomed President Biden’s decision of 14 January to remove Cuba from a list maintained by the U.S. Department of State that designates countries accused of supporting terrorism.

On the 90th anniversary of the Barmen Declaration where members of Germany’s Confessing Church condemned Nazi incursions in church life, the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has praised it for helping Christians since then combat oppression and injustice.

El 20 de abril, una delegación ecuménica encabezada por el presidente del CMI para África, Su Santidad el Rev. Dr. Rufus Okikiola Ositelu, de la Iglesia del Señor (Comunidad de Oración) en el Mundo, se reunió con el presidente de Sudán, el general Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan.

Le 20 avril, une délégation œcuménique menée par le président du Conseil œcuménique des Églises pour l’Afrique, Sa Sainteté le pasteur Rufus Okikiola Ositelu de l’Église du Seigneur (Communauté de la prière) dans le monde, s’est entretenue avec le président soudanais, le général Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias dirigió una delegación en una visita al Sudán del 18 al 22 de abril. El grupo ecuménico incluyó al Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda África, ACT Alianza, la Asociación de Conferencias Episcopales Miembros de África Oriental, los Ministerios Globales, la Comunidad de Iglesias y Consejos Cristianos de los Grandes Lagos y el Cuerno de África, la Junta General de Ministerios Globales de la Iglesia Metodista Unida y la Ayuda de la Iglesia Noruega.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a conduit une délégation qui s’est rendue au Soudan du 18 au 22 avril. Ce groupe œcuménique rassemblait le COE, la Conférence des Églises de toute l’Afrique (CETA), l’Alliance ACT, l’Association des conférences épiscopales membres d’Afrique de l’Est (AMECEA), la Communauté des Églises et conseils chrétiens de la région des Grands Lacs et de la Corne de l’Afrique (FECCLAHA), le Conseil général des ministères globaux de l’Église méthodiste unie et l’Aide de l’Église norvégienne.

On 20 April, an ecumenical delegation led by World Council of Churches president from Africa His Holiness Most Rev. Dr Rufus Okikiola Ositelu, of the Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide, met with Sudan president General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan. 

The World Council of Churches led a delegation on a visit to Sudan from 18-22 April. The ecumenical group included the World Council of Churches (WCC), All Africa Conference of Churches, ACT Alliance, Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa Global Ministries, Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa, General Board Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church, and Norwegian Church Aid. 

In a visit to Cuba from 17-19 December, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay met with Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel at the Palacio de las Convenciones in Havana. “I was deeply impressed with our heart-to-heart meeting with the president of Cuba,” expressed Pillay.

In a sermon entitled “Being church today in a world in crisis,” offered at the Presbyterian Reformed Church of Cuba on 17 December, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay shared thoughts of hope and transformation.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay offered a lecture at University of Havana in Cuba on 19 December entitled “Christians, cry out for peace! The perils and promise of peace today.”

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay will visit Cuba from 17-19 December to reiterate WCC support for the churches and people in Cuba.