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H.B. Theophilos III homily at the Global Ecumenical Service of the WCC for the World Week of Prayer for Peace in the Holy Land

19 September 2023

Ecumenical movement

WCC delegation to visit Armenia

A World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation will visit the Armenian Apostolic Church on 18-22 September. The visit will include an audience with His Holiness Karekin II, the Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians.

15 September 2023

“We are praying for mercy and peace,” says Anglican archbishop, after Libya floods kill 8,000

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.

15 September 2023

Lecture - Speech

H.B. Theophilos III Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine remarks at the exhibition of the renovation and restoration of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem at the World Council of Churches in Geneva

12 September 2023

Ecumenical movement

GEM School explores how to make new economic world order a reality

Held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – a city of socioeconomic contrasts – from 21 August to 1 September, the 6th edition of the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics, and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School 2023) gathered 24 participants to rethink economic systems for a more equitable, sustainable planet.

08 September 2023

WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay with the Ambassador Andranik Hovhannisyan, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Armenia to the UN Office, 28 August 2023, Photo: Grégoire de Fombelle/WCC

As Armenian ambassador visits, WCC reiterates calls to lift blockade of Nagorno-Karabagh

On 28th August, during a visit with Ambassador Andranik Hovhannisyan, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Armenia to the UN Office, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed solidarity with those making efforts to lift the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh by reopening the Lachin corridor.

29 August 2023

Statement: public statement

WCC general secretary statement on Christians denied access to holy site

After thousands of Orthodox Christians were denied access to Mount Tabor, in the Lower Galilee—site of the transfiguration of Jesus—World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed concern about the infringement on religious freedom in the Holy Land.

21 August 2023

General Secretary

First-ever Regional Ecumenical Theological Institute in Cairo was “a place where we were all connecting”

The World Council of Churches (WCC), in partnership with the Association of Theological Institutes and Faculties in the Middle East (ATIME) and the Middle East Council of Churches, held the first-ever Regional Ecumenical Theological Institute in Cairo under the theme “Respect for Creation is the Glorification of the Creator.”

18 August 2023

Letter

WCC letter to the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

31 July 2023

General Secretary

Statement: public statement

WCC call on Azerbaijan for the immediate lifting of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is calling on Azerbaijan for the immediate lifting of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, as more than 120,000 people—including 30,000 children—are suffering under an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis.

31 July 2023

General Secretary

Old must join young in solving global problems, interfaith peacemakers conference told

A young Christian from the United Kingdom has said that the young generation needs the older generation to work with them to tackle the world's problems, as neither group can do it alone.

20 July 2023

World desperately needs young leadership, UN refugee chief tells young Christians, Jews, and Muslims

The world needs young leadership very badly because those from the older generation have not delivered, the head of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has told young Christian, Jewish, and Muslim participants at the Emerging Peacemakers Forum.

14 July 2023

WCC general secretary to emerging peacemakers: “Go out and be disciples and children of God”

WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay offered a reflection during the graduation ceremony on 13 July of the Emerging Peacemakers Forum as young leaders celebrated their two-week long time of collaborating, dialogue, and insight.

14 July 2023

Ethics leader quotes Mandela's maxim of transforming an enemy into a partner at Peacemakers Forum

Nelson Mandela's maxim that to build peace, you need to transform your enemy into a partner is invaluable, a French ethics foundation leader of Lebanese origin has told young Christian, Jewish, and Muslim participants at the Emerging Peacemakers Forum.

13 July 2023

Muslim Council of Elders says peacemakers conference to empower young people

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.

12 July 2023

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Middle East parliamentarian warns young Christian, Jewish, and Muslim peacemakers of social media hazards

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.

12 July 2023

Palestinian delegation visits WCC

Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi, Mission of Palestine to Switzerland; Ambassador Dr Omar Awadallah, assistant minister for United Nations and Specialized Organizations; and Doa Nofal, second secretary at the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 6 July to discuss the current situation in Palestine.

07 July 2023

Young participants of the forum walking in Bossey park

Young Christians, Jews, and Muslims begin a peace-building journey

The Christians, Jews, and Muslims laughing and chatting together, learning about peace were not in an aspirational story; they are authentic, live young people having fun at the Emerging Peacemakers Forum.

06 July 2023