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WCC General Recommendations for UN PFPAD Third Session (16-19 April 2024)

The World Council of Churches (WCC), a global fellowship of 352 churches representing more than half a billion Christians from around the world, has been deeply involved in the work of the United Nations from as early as 1946 through its Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA). The WCC is a platform for common action by churches on issues that negate or threaten the dignity of all people. 

WCC Programmes

WCC extends prayers for lasting peace in Haiti

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay sent a pastoral letter to Haitian brothers and sisters whose lives are lived in a land with hatred, violence, and suffering. Although we might be physically distant, we are close to you in heart, in the spiritual sense,” wrote Pillay. We all are children of God. We belong to one family, as Jesus Christ himself said.”

With boldness of faith, joy and peace, Pan African women hold “Ubuntu” gathering

Women of faith who are African or of African descent held a powerful recent gathering, Ubuntu: Remembrance, Diversity, and Advocacy in Unity Now!” in which they shared their call to action with a sense of Sankofa, or a season of now while looking back and forward. The event was organized by the Pan African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network (PAWEEN) and Pan African Women of Faith (PAW).

Webinar erinnert an historische Massaker in Lateinamerika

Ein Webinar der Reihe „Erinnerung an historische Massaker“ befasste sich am 27. September mit Lateinamerika. Die Rednerinnen und Redner sprachen über die Grausamkeiten, die im Namen der Christianisierung gegen indigene Bevölkerungen verübt wurden, über den transatlantischen Sklavenhandel, die skrupellosen Militärdiktaturen in Südamerika in den 1960er–80er Jahren und die Massentötung an Haitianerinnen und Haitianern in der Dominikanischen Republik im Jahr 1937.

 

Un webinaire en souvenir des massacres perpétrés en Amérique latine

Lors d’un webinaire organisé le 27 septembre dans le cadre de la série «Se souvenir des massacres passés» et axé sur l’Amérique latine, des orateurs et oratrices sont revenu-e-s sur les atrocités commises contre les populations autochtones au nom de la christianisation, la traite des esclaves transatlantique, les dictatures militaires impitoyables des années 1960-1980 en Amérique latine et le massacre des Haïtiens de 1937 en République dominicaine.

 

Webinar remembers past massacres in Latin America

A 27 September webinar, part of the ongoing Remembering Past Massacres” series, focused on Latin America, with speakers reflecting on the atrocities committed against indigenous populations in the name of Christianisation, the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the ruthless military dictatorships in South America during the 1960s-80s, and the 1937 massacre of Haitians in the Dominican Republic.

 

Philip Potters Nachlass steht jetzt dem ÖRK-Archiv zur Verfügung

Forschende aus der ganzen Welt können jetzt für ihre Studien zur Geschichte der ökumenischen Bewegung auf eine neue Materialsammlung zugreifen - es ist der Nachlass von Philip Potter, der von 1972 bis 1984 Generalsekretär des ÖRK war. Alle diese Unterlagen stehen jetzt auf schriftliche Anforderung zur Verfügung oder können im Lesesaal des ÖRK-Archivs in Genf eingesehen werden.

Philip Potter’s personal papers now available at WCC archives

Researchers around the world have a new resource for studying the history of the ecumenical movement — the personal papers of Philip Potter, general secretary of the WCC from 1972 to 1984. “We hope that the WCC Archives will receive many researchers from around the world who will learn more about the ecumenical movement to which Philip significantly contributed throughout his life,” said Hans von Rütte, WCC archivist.

Pan-African Women of Faith conference

09 - 11 June 2016

The Pan-African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network (PAWEEN) under the WCC programme on Ecumenical Theological Education is partnering with Bread for the World USA and Howard University in Washington D.C. for an international consultation on “Pan-African Women of Faith: Lifting our Voices and Votes to End Hunger and Poverty”

Washington D.C., United States