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Two people stand on ladders in order to glue a poster onto a tall concrete wall, supported by a third person standing on the ground.

In Bethlehem, sense of “sumud” keeps peace workers pursuing their vision

The World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel may be officially over for the year but for Fuad Giacaman, it continues week after week, one day at a time, every minute at the grassroots—as it has for decades.

05 October 2021

Moderator of Central Committee

Message

Women of Faith: Protagonists of Human Dignity, Peace and Healers of Creation

Moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee Dr Agnes Abuom shared a message with the Conference of the World Council of Religious Leaders on Faith and Diplomacy: Generations in Dialogue, being held 4-7 October in Lindau, Germany.

05 October 2021

Lecture - Speech

Greetings by Rev. Prof Dr Ioan Sauca to the Conference of the World Council of Religious Leaders on Faith and Diplomacy

Greetings by Rev. Prof Dr Ioan Sauca, World Council of Churches, Acting General Secretary, co-president of Religions for Peace.

04 October 2021

Statement: public statement

Glasgow Multi-Faith Declaration for COP26

Scottish and UK religious leaders have signed a declaration urging governments to take transformational climate action at the COP26 in November.

20 September 2021

Ecumenical movement

G20 Interfaith Forum considers religious commitments to Sustainable Development Goals

At the G20 Interfaith Forum, which took place 12-14 September in Bologna, Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, spoke on religious commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those focusing on children, hunger, water and sanitation.

16 September 2021

WCC acting general secretary at G20 Interfaith Forum: “Faith calls us to interreligious solidarity”

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, spoke on “Is Christian Ecumenism a Model?” at the G20 Interfaith Forum in Bologna, Italy being held 12-14 September.

13 September 2021

Message

Message of Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, WCC acting general secretary at the G20 Interfaith Forum 2021

"Is Christian Ecumenism a Model? – Three answers", message of Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, World Council of Churches acting general secretary at the G20 Interfaith Forum in Bologna, Italy, 12-14 September 2021

13 September 2021

Lecture - Speech

Holy Places and our Human Identities: Address of Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca at the conference in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

“Holy Places and our Human Identities”, address of the World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca at the conference "International Religious Freedom and Peace – To Promote Freedom of Religion and Preservation of Spiritual, Cultural and Historical Heritage" held at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin from 8-12 September 2021.

10 September 2021

Message

Greetings for Rosh Hashanah, 2021

06 September 2021

WCC acting general secretary to participate in G20 Interfaith Forum in Italy

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca will participate in the G20 Interfaith Forum, to be held in Bologna, Italy on 12-14 September.

06 September 2021

Lynn De Silva, Photo: Lynn De Silva Archive

Panel in European Academy of Religion explores interreligious vision of Lynn de Silva

A book-launch panel at the European Academy of Religion celebrated and explored the visionary approach of Sri Lankan theologian Lynn de Silva (1919-1982) to Buddhist-Christian Dialogue.

03 September 2021

WCC, Muslim World League and The Foundation Dialogue for Peace meet at Bossey Ecumenical Institute

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca met with Dr Muhammad Bin Abulkarim Al-Issa, secretary general of the Mecca-based Muslim World League and Aamir Javed Sheikh, head of the Norway-based Foundation Dialogue for Peace, at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute on 31 August.

01 September 2021

Feature story

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization

Faith communities vital in COVID fight because they are trusted, WHO chief says

Faith communities, governments, international organizations, foundations, the private sector, and civil society organizations are essential in every response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, told an interfaith gathering.

31 August 2021

During dialogue on COVID-19, WCC acting general secretary reflects on “our shared vulnerability—and shared fate—as one humanity”

Speaking during a 30 August “Dialogue on COVID-19 and Consequences for Global Multilateral Cooperation,” World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca offered a keynote speech focusing on urgent efforts to sustain a global, multinational dialogue and cooperation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

30 August 2021

COVID-19 vaccination in Porto Alegre, Brazil, June 2021.

Global dialogue on urgent COVID-19 efforts will highlight multinational cooperation

A high-level dialogue on urgent efforts by leading non-governmental organizations to sustain a global, multinational dialogue and cooperation amid the COVID-19 pandemic will take place on 30 August.

27 August 2021

A group photo of people at the Kaduna interfaith centre

International Centre for Inter-Faith Peace and Harmony celebrates five years and a growing vanguard for peace

In the years since it was founded in 2016, the International Centre for Inter-Faith Peace and Harmony in Kaduna, Nigeria has been building a cadre of peacemakers who are witnesses to inter-religious peace and harmony. It also continues to serve as a physical symbol helping Muslims and Christians work together more effectively.

24 August 2021

Interview

In Argentina, “Serving a Wounded World” is a hopeful call to collaborate

Prof. Dr h.c. Humberto Martin Shikiya, vice president of the Regional Ecumenical Advisory and Service Center (CREAS) In Argentina, reflects on how “Serving a Wounded World in Interreligious Solidarity: A Christian Call to Reflection and Action During COVID-19 and Beyond” is being received as a hopeful call to collaborate ecumenically and interreligiously. The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue jointly published “Serving a Wounded World” to encourage churches and Christian organizations to reflect on the importance of interreligious solidarity in a world wounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.

02 August 2021