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“Dies Academicus,” is a special annual gathering at the World Council of Churches (WCC) Bossey Ecumenical institute. This academic year’s installment took place on 4 November. The current cohort of  33 students from 20 countries listened to a panel of four speakers who shared reflections  on the theme, “Is racism a faith question?” The panel reaffirmed the WCC 4th Assembly held in Uppsala, which declared racism as sin.

In a letter to G20 leaders, global religious leaders representing half a billion Christians in over 100 countries warned that rising global temperatures will have increasingly disastrous consequences on impoverished and vulnerable communities that contribute least to the climate crisis.

Una declaración interreligiosa conjunta con motivo del Día Mundial de la Alimentación, que se celebra el 16 de octubre de este año, nos llama a orar y actuar contra el hambre en un momento en el que 811 millones de personas se acuestan con hambre cada noche.

La déclaration interconfessionnelle conjointe pour la Journée mondiale de l'alimentation, célébrée le 16 octobre cette année, nous invite à prier et à agir contre la faim alors que 811 millions de personnes vont se coucher chaque soir le ventre vide. 

Da rund 811 Millionen Menschen in der Welt derzeit jeden Abend hungrig zu Bett gehen, ruft uns eine gemeinsame interreligiöse Erklärung anlässlich des diesjährigen Welternährungstags am 16. Oktober zum Gebet und Engagement gegen den Hunger in der Welt auf.

A joint interfaith statement for World Food Day, being observed 16 October this year, calls us to pray and act against hunger at a time when 811 million people are going to bed hungry each night.

During a discussion hosted by the Dicastery for Catholic Education on 5 October, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca met with representatives of religions to discuss the major challenges for education in today's world.

As a symposium on digital justice drew to a close on 15 September, participants  were weighing their vision for the future in a landscape fraught with injustice. Those taking part in the symposium—be they theologians, church leaders, politicians, students, journalists or professional communicators—are all in fact, “digital communicators,” and this broad array of people who care worked to hone their collective thoughts into recommendations they believe can help the world.