Key note address of Bishop Jonas Jonson at the CCIA Consultation on Centenary of Life and Work Conference in Stockholm 1925, Athens, Greece, 19 May 2025.
Commission of the Churches on International AffairsDirector’s report at the opening session of the CCIA 60th meeting / Life and Work Centenary Consultation, Athens, 18 May 2025.
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.
The World Council of Churches, in collaboration with HealthAI, Globethics, and the Christian Medical College of India, hosted a webinar, "Already/Not Yet: The Integration of AI and Healthcare,” on 13 May.
In his report to the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay reflected on what it means—amid wars, rumours of wars, violence, trade wars, climate catastrophes, retaliations, and the quest for self-protection and preservation of identity—to be God’s family.
Les responsables religieux tirent la sonnette d’alarme sur la concentration de richesse et de pouvoir qui, dans le monde entier, a atteint des seuils «sans précédent» et «alarmants», entraînant une exacerbation des inégalités, une érosion de la démocratie et une aggravation de la crise climatique. L’appel œcuménique à l’action est lancé dans un communiqué conjoint publié ce jour à l’issue d’une réunion de trois jours à Genève du Panel œcuménique pour une nouvelle architecture financière et économique internationale.
In a letter to Pope Leo XIV, World Council of Churches (WCC) moderator of the central committee Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm and WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended heartfelt greetings and congratulations.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing is planning online “listening sessions” on the role of faith communities in the realignment of public health and access to universal care.
À l’entame de la réunion annuelle entre le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) et les partenaires spécialisés à l’Institut œcuménique de Bossey, près de Genève, en Suisse, le pasteur Jerry Pillay a souligné l’idéal partagé d’un monde meilleur et l’urgence d’une collaboration plus étroite.
As the annual meeting between the World Council of Churches (WCC) and specialized ministries opened at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, near Geneva, Switzerland, Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay emphasized the shared vision for a better world and the urgency of closer collaboration.
Marking the 200th anniversary of the Protestant Church in Ferney Voltaire, Dr Stephen Brown, editor of the World Council of Churches journal The Ecumenical Review, delivered a lecture at the church in the small French town on the Swiss border to Geneva.
The 2025 edition of "Working Together,” an annual gathering designed to foster deeper collaboration between the World Council of Churches (WCC) and specialized ministries, will convene 28-29 April outside Geneva, Switzerland, to enhance programmatic work, planning, and reporting mechanisms related to the WCC Strategic Plan 2023–2030.
Faith leaders warn that the global concentration of wealth and power has reached "unprecedented" and "alarming" levels, exacerbating inequality, undermining democracy, and accelerating climate catastrophe. The ecumenical call to action came in a joint communique issued today following a three-day meeting in Geneva of the Ecumenical Panel on a New International Financial and Economic Architecture (NIFEA).
Each year, this year for the fifth time, Shia Muslim students from the Risalat International Institute (co-located in Iran and in Great Britain), under the direction of Dr M A Shomali, joined the Bossey Ecumenical Institute students for dialogue, prayer, and fellowship.
Bishop Dr Jonas Jonson, bishop emeritus of the diocese of Strängnäs in the Church of Sweden, and Dr Birgitta Rubenson visited the World Council Churches 8-10 April.
