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The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee visited the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar III in Abuja, Nigeria. As Sultan of Sokoto, he is considered the spiritual leader of Nigeria's 100 million Muslims.

Christian leaders in North Africa are expressing their grief, as the powerful Mediterranean Cyclone Daniel killed thousands of people in the province of Cyrenaica in eastern Libya.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed shock at receiving reports of violent attacks against churches and Christians in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

Siete estudiantes de seis países diferentes que han convivido en el Instituto Ecuménico de Bossey celebraron el final de su curso intensivo en estudios interreligiosos con una ceremonia de graduación. El tema del programa de este año fue “Salud y plenitud de vida en el judaísmo, el cristianismo y el islam”.

A graduation ceremony marked the end of an intensive course in interreligious studies for seven students from six different countries who lived together at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey. The theme of this year’s program was “Health and wholeness of life in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.”

Vandalism targeting churches, cemeteries, and Christian properties in addition to physical and verbal abuse against Christian clergy have increased in the past months in the Holy Land, amid ongoing political tensions within Israeli society.

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.”

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.

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.