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World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended greetings to the 2nd Annual Synod Assembly of the Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera.

A joint international editing group comprised of individuals appointed by the Dicastery for promoting Christian Unity and the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches met in the Bose Monastery, Italy, 11-15 September, to prepare materials for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 2025.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay sent warm greetings to Jewish communities around the world as they celebrated Rosh HaShanah.

Le 28 juillet, à l’occasion du cours d’études interreligieuses, à l’Institut œcuménique de Bossey, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a présenté le document intitulé Édifier la solidarité interreligieuse dans notre monde blessé. La voie de la formation commune («Building Interreligious Solidarity in Our Wounded World. The Way of Common Formation»).

Le recteur iranien Ayatollah M. Seyyed Abolhassan Nawab et Mme Zahra Sedigh, de la mission iranienne auprès des Nations Unies, ont visité le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le 27 juillet, pour évoquer l’éducation et la formation ainsi que l’importance du renforcement du rôle de la coopération interreligieuse.

The World Council of Churches launched the document “Building Interreligious Solidarity in Our Wounded World. The Way of Common Formation” on 28 July, during the Interreligious Studies course at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey.

Iranian rector Ayatollah M. Seyyed Abolhassan Nawab and Ms Zahra Sedigh, from the Iranian Mission to the UN, visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 27 July, discussing education and formation, as well as the importance of strengthening the role of interreligious cooperation.  

The annual interreligious summer course opened in the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Bossey on 25 July, ushering seven students from six different countries into an exploration of the theme “Health and Wholeness of Life in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will be represented at the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) World Assembly on 2-10 August in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Une délégation du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) menée par le pasteur Pillay, secrétaire général du COE, s’est rendue cette semaine à New York et à Washington, DC. Elle y a rencontré des représentant-e-s des Nations Unies, le nonce apostolique, le Conseil national des Églises d’Amérique du Nord, d’autres responsables d’Églises, des organisations œcuméniques et des représentant-e-s de l’État.

A World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation led by WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Pillay visited New York City and Washington, DC this week, meeting with United Nations representatives, the Papal Nuncio, the National Council of Churches in North America, other church leaders, and ecumenical organizations and state officials.