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A book discussion on “Ahead of Her Time: Pan-African Women of Faith and the Vision of Christian Unity, Mission, and Justice,” showed how women of pan-African descent are bringing the wisdom and fire of ecumenism into the hearts and minds of the next generation.

Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm and H.E. Archbishop Dr Vicken Aykazian, moderator and vice moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, respectively, traveled to New York City on 3-4 April to deepen the WCC’s engagement with the United Nations. 

How do we end exclusion, racism, economic injustice? Voices from across the world brought stories—and solutions—via online events hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in conjunction with the Commission on the Status of Women, the UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women's empowerment.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay continued his visit in Lebanon on 21 March, focusing on meeting with heads of churches to pray and work together. 

As World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay began a visit to Lebanon on 20 March, his agenda included a private meeting with His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Holy See of Cilicia.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay will visit Lebanon from 19-22 March, to commemorate the 50th jubilee of the Middle East Council of Churches and meet with all WCC member churches from Lebanon and Syria. 

The environment doesn't give to us; we provide to the environment, said Rev. Dr Stavros Kofinas, coordinator of the Network of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for Pastoral Health Care. Kofinas, the new moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Health and Healing, spoke on 5 March, during a discussion by three WCC commissions.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, on 8-14 November, released a statement that demands an immediate ceasefire, and the opening of humanitarian corridors in Palestine and Israel. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is standing in solidarity with the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which issued a statement on 31 October condemning the Israeli military’s bombardment of the Orthodox Cultural Center in the Tel Al Hawa neighborhood of Gaza.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se ha unido solidariamente a los patriarcas y jefes de las iglesias de Jerusalén en su condena de los bombardeos israelíes sobre las instalaciones de la Iglesia Ortodoxa de San Porfirio en Gaza, el 19 de octubre.

מועצת הכנסיות העולמית (WCC) מגנה את ההתקפה על אחד מן הבניינים הנמצאים בקרבת הכנסייה היוונית האורתודוקסית  פורפיריוס הקדוש בעזה. הבניין—המקושר אל הכנסייה, שהיא הכנסייה העתיקה ביותר בעזה—התמוטט בהפצצה, שנגרמה על ידי טילים ישראליים, בהתאם להצהרת פטריארך הכנסייה היוונית האורתודוקסית.

يدين مجلس الكنائس العالمي (WCC) الهجوم على أحد المباني داخل مجمع كنيسة القديس برفيريوس للروم الأرثوذوكس في غزة.فقد انهار المبنى التابع للكنيسة، التي تعد واحدة من أقدم الكنائس في غزة، في الانفجار الذي نجم عن الضربات الصاروخية الإسرائيلية، وفقاً لبطريركية الروم الأرثوذوكس في القدس.