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Dr h.c. Humberto Shikiya and Monsignor Héctor Fabio Henao

WCC at peace dialogue table with UN Security Council in Colombia

Members of the United Nations Security Council have completed a visit to Colombia, during which they received firsthand impressions of the ongoing Colombian peace process, and participated in dialogues with many organizations, including the World Council of Churches (WCC).

15 February 2024

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African farmer man's hand touches a green plant.

'Racism, Land and Food' seminar dissects how dispossession negates food sovereignty

As many communities worldwide battle to get food to the table, a World Council of Churches (WCC) webinar titled ‘Racism, Land and Food' highlighted the intersections of food, land, and racial injustices on food sovereignty over generations of dispossessed groups.

17 December 2021

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Colombia peace accord brings both joy and concern

“Peace is not just a ceasefire. Peace is not just the silencing of arms. Peace is education. Peace is figuring out how to coexist and how to build together.”

19 August 2016

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From left to right: Martina Viktorie Kopecká, WCC Central Committee member, Gloria Ulloa, WCC President for Latin America and the Caribbean and Paul Gardner, WCC Central Committee member, in Bogota. © WCC/Marcelo Schneider

Gloria Ulloa: The path of our pilgrimage is not towards war

The WCC president for Latin America and the Caribbean, Rev. Gloria Ulloa, has participated at the 35th Assembly of the World Student Christian Federation. The event is currently underway in Bogotá, Colombia, until 5 March.

02 March 2015

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Office of the Presbyterian Church of Colombia, a WCC member church in Barranquilla. © WCC/Marcelo Schneider

WCC calls for protection of church leaders in Colombia

Serious death threats to human rights defenders, many of them church leaders, have been made by a paramilitary group in Colombia. The WCC, among other international organizations has called on Colombian government to protect their lives.

30 January 2015