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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. 

18 April 2024
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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.”

11 April 2024
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WCC general secretary solidarity letter to 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.”

11 April 2024
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Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata

Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata: “Colombia is a deeply fragile but promising country”

Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata, World Council of Churches (WCC) programme director for Public Witness and Diakonia, led a delegation that visited Colombia on 8-11 August to express solidarity with the Colombian churches, government and people as they collaborate in the design, implementation, and advocacy for the construction of peace in the country. Below, he shares his impressions of the visit.

15 August 2023
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Regionale Perspektiven auf der 11. ÖRK-Vollversammlung

Teilnehmende der 11. Vollversammlung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) hatten die Gelegenheit, sich am Freitag, 2. September, mit anderen Delegierten aus ihren Regionen zu treffen und sich mit ihnen auszutauschen. Das Format und die Diskussionen zu den acht Regionen haben die große Vielfalt der Kulturen in Afrika, Asien, der Karibik, Europa, Lateinamerika, im Nahen Osten, in Nordamerika und im Pazifik gezeigt. Dabei ging es um Themen, die auf der Vollversammlung prominent behandelt werden sollten, bis hin zur regionalen Vertretung in Ausschüssen und um die Wahl der Präsidenten/innen.

07 September 2022
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Pacific Islanders in kava ceremony meeting

Les perspectives régionales présentées à la 11e Assemblée

Ce vendredi 2 septembre, les participant-e-s de la 11ᵉ Assemblée du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) ont eu la possibilité de rencontrer d’autres personnes de leur région et de discuter avec elles. La forme des rencontres et les discussions soulevées dans les huit régions ont montré la diversité des cultures d’Afrique, d’Asie, des Caraïbes, d’Europe, d’Amérique latine, du Moyen-Orient, d’Amérique du Nord et du Pacifique. Ont été abordées aussi bien les questions que les participant-e-s souhaitaient mettre en avant à l’Assemblée, que la représentation des régions dans les Comités, ou encore l’élection des président-e-s du COE.

07 September 2022