El 15 de junio, en conmemoración del 40 aniversario del Documento Kairós y del Levantamiento de Soweto de 1976, líderes eclesiásticos de todas las confesiones y países del África meridional emprendieron una peregrinación de reflexión, lamento y discernimiento.
Am 15. Juni haben sich Kirchenleitende aus vielen Konfessionen und südafrikanischen Ländern zur Feier des 40. Jahrestags der Unterzeichnung des Kairos-Dokuments und dem 40. Jahrestag des Schüleraufstands in Soweto auf einen Pilgerweg der Reflexion, der Wehklage und der Urteilsbildung gemacht.
Le 15 juin, en commémoration du 40e anniversaire du Document Kairos et de la révolte de Soweto de 1976, les responsables d’Église de toutes les confessions et de tous les pays d’Afrique australe ont entamé un pèlerinage de réflexion, de lamentation et de discernement.
Address of bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee, at the WCC central committee meeting on 18-24 June 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The Prophetic Witness for Life, Justice, and Peace Conference and Seminars concluded in Johannesburg on 16 June, marking a moment of reawakening and recommitment for church leaders and partners across southern Africa. Participants pledged to transform the insights and prophetic calling of their gathering into tangible action within their congregations, communities, and countries.
On 15 June, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Kairos Document and the 1976 Soweto Uprising, church leaders from across denominations and southern African countries embarked on a pilgrimage of reflection, lament, and discernment.
Participants in an ongoing “Prophetic Witness for Life, Justice, and Peace Conference” on 14 June in Johannesburg, South Africa, broke into seminars focusing on many facets of justice—climate, economic, racial, gender, and health.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is scheduling a press conference Wednesday 18 June at 12:45-13:20 featuring the leadership of the central committee, including Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator of the WCC central committee; Rev. Merlyn Hyde Riley, vice-moderator of the WCC central committee; H.E. Archbishop Dr Vicken Aykazian, vice-moderator of the WCC central committee; and Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, WCC general secretary, in addition to local church leaders represented by Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka of Mthatha Diocese in the Roman Catholic Church, president of the Southern African Council of Churches and the first Catholic to head the ecumenical body in Southern Africa.
Global South World ranked the top 100 most influential journalists on TikTok in Latin America. Coming in at number 14 was Rev. Eugenio Albrecht from Argentina.
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended prayers and deep concern on behalf of the global fellowship to all those affected by severe flooding in South Africa.
More than 80 representatives from national councils of churches in southern Africa, the All Africa Conference of Churches, World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee members from Africa, and partners are meeting in Johannesburg for a conference inspired by the centenary of the 1925 Life and Work inaugural conference.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive and central committees are about to convene in Johannesburg, South Africa, with the central committee meeting 18-24 June, and the executive committee 16-17 June.
Christian Aid acknowledged the work of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel during a special ceremony and high tea on 12 June at the Church House, Dean’s Yard.
During a service of reflection on the 80th anniversary of Christian Aid, held at Westminster Abbey on 12 June, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay offered a sermon on “Hope: God’s Life-Line.”
Participants in the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) 60th meeting in Athens, Greece had a unique opportunity of encounter at the Ecumenical Refugee Programme “Synyparxis,” operating shelters for unaccompanied minors across Greece.
As part of a preparatory series for the upcoming WCC Faith and Order World Conference—themed “Where Now for Visible Unity?”—the third webinar of the series brings together theologians and church leaders from across traditions to discuss one of the most ambitious Anglican documents on unity in recent decades: “The Nairobi-Cairo Proposals: Renewing the Instruments of the Anglican Communion.”
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the death of Rev. Dr Elizabeth S. Tapia, former professor of mission and contextual theology at the WCC Ecumenical Institute at Bossey from 2002-2005.
