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

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay shared a special message with the Global Network for Religions for Children Sixth Forum, taking place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from 19-21 November under the theme “Interfaith Cooperation to Build a Hopeful World for Children.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the loss of His Beatitude Catholicos Aboon Mor Baselios Thomas I, head of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church in India.

H.H. Catholicos Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, asked for people to join the prayer for Armenian hostages on 10 November.

On 7 October, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Notre Dame University in Sydney, Australia. He then delivered an address entitled “The Need for Dialogue Today.”

Representatives from the Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodox Churches met at the Logos Papal Center, situated in the Monastery of Saint Bishoy, Wadi El Natrun, Egypt, on 16-17 September.

His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has noted that Easter celebration in 2025 “will not merely be a fortuitous occurrence, but rather the beginning of a unified date for its observance by both Eastern and Western Christianity.”

As part of this year's Season of Creation, the World Council of Churches (WCC) will co-host a high-level webinar on 10 September. This event will bring together faith leaders, government officials, and climate advocates to discuss the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FFNPT) and its role in securing a just energy transition.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Serbian Orthodox Church opened an exhibition titled, “World Council of Churches and the Serbian Orthodox Church (1948-1991): Exhibition of Archival Materials,” at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Zemun, Serbia, on 3 September.

In the opening event for the global Season of Creation, faith leaders from diverse Christian traditions gathered to reflect on the 2024 theme, “To Hope and Act with Creation,” focusing on humanity's relationship with nature and the urgent need for environmental justice.

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Archbishop of Constantinople, shared a message on the opening of Season of Creation 2024. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the loss and celebrating the life of Waldensian pastor and theologian Paolo Ricca.