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During a webinar on 25 April, young people shared their honest perspectives on “safe spaces” in faith communities. They talked about the characteristics of a safe space—and what churches can do better, particularly when working with issues related to HIV and reproductive health.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has made new staff appointments during 2024, including three new commission directors. WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay warmly greeted them as they began to serve in their particular ministries.

A World Council of Churches (WCC) prayer for World Health Day on 8 April focused on giving hope and courage in a suffering world. 

A webinar on science and religion showed that shifting away from the mainly curative health architecture could help church and church health institutions keep the crucial lessons learned from coronavirus pandemic mitigation.

Alentando a la comunidad del CMI en su constante llamado al discipulado conjunto, el Comité Central del CMI recomendó a las iglesias miembros de la organización el documento “Llamados a la acción transformadora: diaconía ecuménica y apéndices”.

In seiner Unterstützung der ÖRK-Gemeinschaft und ihres anhaltenden Aufrufs zur gemeinsamen Nachfolge hat der ÖRK-Zentralausschuss den ÖRK-Mitgliedskirchen das Dokument „Zur Verwandlung aufgerufen: Ökumenische Diakonie“ mitsamt seiner Ergänzung empfohlen.

Encourageant la communauté fraternelle du COE dans son appel permanent à la vie de disciple, le Comité central du COE a recommandé aux églises membres du COE le document « Appelé à la transformation – Diaconie œcuménique et addenda ».

Encouraging the WCC fellowship in its ongoing call to discipleship together, the WCC central committee commended to WCC member churches the document “Called to Transformation—Ecumenical Diakonia and Addendums.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee closed its meeting after convening from 12-17 November, leaving with a sense of hope, even while publicly expressing grave concern over many global injustices facing the world today.