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The 70-year-old War Armistice Agreement should be replaced with a peace treaty, urged the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee in a public statement. “In a time of renewed escalation of tensions and confrontation on the Korean Peninsula, we recall that this year marks the 70th anniversary of the 1953 Armistice Agreement which established a ceasefire, but not a formal end, to the Korean War,” reads the text. “We pray for peace and dialogue to end this dangerous cycle, and for denuclearization not only of the Korean Peninsula but of the entire world.”

Le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, est en visite à Moscou cette semaine pour rencontrer S. S. le patriarche Cyrille de Moscou et de toutes les Russies, ainsi que des représentant-e-s de la plus grande Église membre du COE.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay is visiting Moscow this week, meeting with H.H. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia, and representatives from the largest WCC member church.

During an ecumenical morning prayer held 15 May, the World Council of Churches (WCC) staff and partners observed the UN International Day of Living Together in Peace, holding in prayer many nations across the world facing challenges to living together in harmony.

Une délégation de haut niveau du COE en visite en Ukraine a mené une série intensive de consultations avec des responsables ecclésiaux, des responsables du gouvernement ukrainien et d’autres le 11 mai 2023, à Kiev, alors que le conflit en Ukraine déclenché par l’invasion russe fait toujours rage.

Against the background of the Russian invasion and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, a high-level WCC leadership delegation visiting Ukraine undertook an intensive series of consultations in Kyiv on 11 May 2023, with church leaders, Ukrainian government officials, and others.

Speakers and participants will explore the question: What does it mean to be the church within the contemporary context of world Christianity?