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With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray for the people and churches of Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria.

World Health Day is April 7 when the World Health Organization commemorates its 76th anniversary. This year the theme is 'My Health, My Right, which reminds us to advocate for equitable access to health services and work towards a healthier, more inclusive world.  

"Peace Among the People – Interreligious Action for Peace and Inclusive Communities", keynote address by Peter Prove, director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, World Council of Churches, at the Peace Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, 21 November 2023.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, on 8-14 November, released a statement that demands an immediate ceasefire, and the opening of humanitarian corridors in Palestine and Israel. 

On behalf of the World Council of Churches, I am delighted to send warm greetings to our Jewish friends and colleagues, and indeed to Jewish communities around the world, as you celebrate Rosh HaShanah/Jewish New Year.

Address of Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee, at the WCC central committee meeting on 21-27 June 2023.

Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness (Genesis 1:26)

The World Council of Churches, at its 11th assembly, in Karlsruhe, Germany, abhors the perpetuation of all forms of racism, xenophobia and related discriminations against humanity and the pervasive suffering it causes. 

Greetings to the 11th Assembly of the WCC by Rabbi David Fox Sandmel, Chair of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations, Karlsruhe, Germany, 5 September 2022.

Address of H.E. Archbishop Yevstratiy of Chernihiv and Nizhyn of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Deputy Head of the External Church Relations Department of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine at the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Address of the Federal president of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe.

El CMI ha apoyado al Estado de Israel desde su creación en 1948. El Consejo ha pedido sistemáticamente el fin de la violencia, el repudio de todas las formas de antisemitismo, el fin de los asentamientos ilegales en los territorios palestinos ocupados y una solución al conflicto negociada por los dos Estados.

The WCC has supported the State of Israel since its inception in 1948. The council has consistently called for an end to violence, repudiation of all forms of anti-semitism, an end to the illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and a negotiated two-state solution to the conflict there.

Sermon by Bishop Sally Dyck of the United Methodist Church (USA) at the Sunday service on 14 November, during the World Council of Churches executive committee meeting at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is making available a prayer to invite its member churches and partners across the world observe the International Day for the Elimination of  Racial Discrimination on 21 March 2021.

Lord God of compassion, hear our prayer...

Today marks Holocaust Memorial Day.

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Iran, Iraq, and Syria.

Eternal God, Creator of the universe, great and wonderful are your works...

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray for the churches and people of Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine.

Speech by the WCC Interim General Secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca to Forum Ökumene, DiMoe, EMS, KASA - Stuttgart, 18.10.2020

Healing the World: Bible Studies for the Pandemic Era, by David Marshall