World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended congratulations to Dr Francis Kuria Kagema, who was appointed as the new secretary general for the Religions for Peace World Council.
In an online conference organized by the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations on 5 March, the World Council of Churches (WCC) was represented among inter-religious voices bringing their concerns and sense of solidarity in the lead-up to International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on 8 March.
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay returned to Geneva from Indonesia with expressions of gratitude to the churches and communities who hosted him.
In a message to the Global Refugee Forum released 12 December, faith-based leaders underscored their commitment to offering sanctuary for refugees as well defending their human rights.
En un mensaje al Foro Mundial sobre los Refugiados publicado el 12 de diciembre, diversos dirigentes religiosos destacaron su compromiso de ofrecer un santuario a los refugiados y defender sus derechos humanos.
In a message to the Global Refugee Forum released 12 December, faith-based leaders underscored their commitment to offering sanctuary for refugees as well defending their human rights.
At a Peace Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, hosted by the United Evangelical Mission (UEM) and the Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI), Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, participated as a panel speaker during a session on ““Global Challenges and Perspective for Interfaith Action” on 21 November.
At a 120-year-old Anglican cathedral in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa, a visit by King Charles III, king of the United Kingdom and 14 other commonwealth realms, provided an opportunity for religious leaders to discuss interfaith dialogue, and peace, security, and development.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay sent warm greetings to Jewish communities around the world as they celebrated Rosh HaShanah.
Iranian rector Ayatollah M. Seyyed Abolhassan Nawab and Ms Zahra Sedigh, from the Iranian Mission to the UN,visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 27 July, discussing education and formation, as well as the importance of strengthening the role of interreligious cooperation.
The annual interreligious summer course opened in the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Bossey on 25 July, ushering seven students from six different countries into an exploration of the theme “Health and Wholeness of Life in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.”
The launch of the document “Building Interreligious Solidarity in Our Wounded World. The Way of Common Formation” will take place on 28 July, during the Interreligious Studies course at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, and will be livestreamed on the YouTube channel of the World Council of Churches (WCC).
Un parlamentario de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos ha advertido a un grupo de jóvenes pacificadores cristianos, judíos y musulmanes sobre la gran habilidad demostrada por grupos terroristas como Al Qaeda y el Estado Islámico en el uso de las redes sociales para alcanzar sus objetivos.
قال المستشار الخاص للأمم المتحدة لمجموعة من الشباب المسيحيين واليهود والمسلمين أن هناك حاجة إلى اليقظة للحفاظ على تقبل الناس لبعضهم البعض وتجنب الانحرافات مثل الإبادة الجماعية في رواندا في عام 1994 والحرب الروسية الأوكرانية.
The Emerging Peacemakers Forum aims to empower youth to contribute to building a better future for themselves and humanity, the secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Elders said at a meeting in Geneva.
La vigilancia es necesaria para preservar la mutua aceptación entre las personas y evitar aberraciones como el genocidio de Ruanda en 1994 o la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania, ha dicho un asesor especial de la ONU a un grupo de jóvenes cristianos, judíos y musulmanes.
A parliamentarian from the UAE has cautioned a group of young Christian, Jewish, and Muslim peacemakers that terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and the Islamic State have shown proficiency in using social media to attain their goals.
"السلام ليس من المسلمات هذه الأيام"، هذا مع سمعته مجموعة دولية من الشباب المسيحيين واليهود والمسلمين من امرأة نجا والدها من الهولوكوست وهي تؤكد على الحاجة إلى ان يتحدث الناس ويستمعوا لبعضهم البعض.
