מזכ"ל מועצת הכנסיות העולמית (WCC), הכומר פרופ' ד"ר ג'רי פילאי, הצטרף למנהיגי הכנסייה בגינויים החריפים ביותר בנוגע אל התקפה מכוונת, נוספת ובלתי נתפסת על בית החולים הערבי אל-אהלי ברצועת עזה. בהתקפה נהרגו חמישה בני אדם, ביניהם שלושה עיתונאים.
انضم الأمين العام لمجلس كنائس الكنائس العالمي القس الدكتور جيري بيلاي إلى قادة الكنيسة في إدانتهم بأشد العبارات للهجوم المتعمد وغير المقبول مجدداً على المستشفى الأهلي العربي في غزة.وأسفر الهجوم عن مقتل خمسة أشخاص، بينهم ثلاثة صحفيين.
Der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, hat gemeinsam mit anderen Kirchenleitenden einen weiteren gezielten und gewissenlosen Angriff auf das Al-Ahli Arab-Krankenhaus in Gaza-Stadt auf Schärfste verurteilt. Bei dem Angriff wurden fünf Menschen getötet, darunter auch drei Journalisten.
El secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, se sumó a los dirigentes de iglesias para condenar en los términos más enérgicos otro ataque deliberado y sin escrúpulos al Hospital Árabe Al-Ahli de Gaza. En el ataque murieron cinco personas, incluidos tres periodistas.
Le Secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, s’est fait l’écho d’autres responsables religieux et a également condamné dans les termes les plus fermes une nouvelle attaque délibérée et inadmissible sur l’Hôpital Al-Ahli Arabi de Gaza. Cette attaque a tué cinq personnes, dont trois journalistes.
World Council of Churches of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay joined church leaders in condemning in the strongest terms yet another deliberate and unconscionable attack on the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza. The attack killed five people, including three journalists.
Nordic churches—including the those in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Finland—have released statements calling for restoring the ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, releasing hostages, delivering food and medicine to Gaza, and ending violence against the Palestinian population of the West Bank.
A webinar on 21 May, “From Occupation to Annexation: Legal perspectives and the implications of current political realities for the occupied population,” examined legal realities in Palestine and Israel—even as the grim situation on the ground are changing by the hour.
Commission of the Churches on International Affairs Moderator’s address at the opening session of the CCIA Life and Work Centenary Consultation, Athens, 18 May 2025.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay has described the proposal of US President Trump as “tantamount to proposing full-scale ethnic cleansing and neo-colonization of the homeland of the 2 million Palestinians of Gaza.”
Christmas messages from the World Council of Churches (WCC) member churches and partners across the world are bringing good tidings, deep prayers, light, and hope, even amid the world’s challenges.
The meeting of our World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee began at the Diocesan Center of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus in Paralimni. In my report as moderator, I spoke about sources of hope in a world that sometimes seems to give so little cause for hope. And I spoke about how we, as the World Council of Churches, can fulfill the prophetic mission of the church in the face of this world situation.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee statement on the War in Gaza, Lebanon, and the Wider Middle East, adopted at the meeting in Cyprus on 21-26 November 2024.