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Report of the General Secretary to the WCC Central Committee, June 2025

Report of the WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay to the WCC Central Committee meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa on 18-24 June 2025.

18 June 2025

General Secretary

Bericht des Generalsekretärs, Zentralausschuss, Juni 2025

Bericht des Generalsekretärs, Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay Zentralausschuss, 18.-24. Juni 2025, Johannesburg, Südafrika

17 June 2025

General Secretary

Statement: public statement

Abschlusserklärung der Internationalen Konferenz zur Erhaltung des armenischen religiösen, kulturellen und historischen Erbes in Arzach/Bergkarabach

Bern, Schweiz | 27.–28. Mai 2025

11 June 2025

Ecumenical movement

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Armenian Heritage Conference urges coordinated action: protect "living expression of faith, identity, and memory”

An Armenian Heritage Conference has closed with a statement urging coordinated international action to protect Armenian religious and cultural heritage, the human rights of its people, and the future security of the Armenian nation. The conference was hosted by World Council of Churches (WCC) in collaboration with Protestant Church in Switzerland, in Bern, Switzerland on 27-28 May.

28 May 2025

Statement: public statement

Final Statement of the International Conference on the Preservation of Armenian Religious, Cultural and Historical Heritage in Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh

Bern, Switzerland | 27–28 May 2025

28 May 2025

Ecumenical movement

Message

Address of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians at the Armenian Heritage Conference

Address of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians at the conference “The Preservation of the Armenian Spiritual, Cultural and Historical Heritage of Nagorno-Karabakh” in Bern, Switzerland, 27 May 2025.

27 May 2025

Member church

ÖRK feiert vor dem Hintergrund der Amtseinführung von Papst Leo XIV Einheit der Menschheit

Papst Leo XIV führte am 18. Mai den Vorsitz in der Messe zu seiner Amtseinführung und rief die Welt im Rahmen dieser eindringlich auf, auf Gott zuzugehen und einander zu lieben – eine Botschaft, die den Führungspersonen des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), die an der Messe und der ökumenischen Privataudienz mit Papst Leo am 19. Mai teilgenommen haben, tief aus dem Herzen sprach.

20 May 2025

As Pope Leo XIV is inaugurated, WCC celebrates unity of humanity

As Pope Leo XIV presided over the Mass of Inauguration on 18 May, he urged the world to walk toward God and to love one another—a message that resonated deeply with the World Council of Churches (WCC) leaders who attended the mass as well as a private ecumenical audience with Pope Leo on 19 May.

19 May 2025

Commission on International Affairs

CCIA Director’s report at the CCIA 60th meeting/Life and Work Centenary Consultation

Commission of the Churches on International Affairs Director’s report at the opening session of the CCIA 60th meeting / Life and Work Centenary Consultation, Athens, 18 May 2025.

18 May 2025

Report of the WCC general secretary to the executive committee, 12 May 2025

In his report to the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay reflected on what it means—amid wars, rumours of wars, violence, trade wars, climate catastrophes, retaliations, and the quest for self-protection and preservation of identity—to be God’s family.

12 May 2025

General Secretary

Feature story

WCC president from Asia speaks on cross-cultural religious literacy

Rev. Dr Henriette Hutabarat Lebang, pastor of Toraja Church in Indonesia, is general chairperson of Indonesia Bible Society and World Council of Churches president from Asia.

07 May 2025

Feature story

Rome prepares for papal funeral

Easter Monday is a popular holiday in Rome, a day Italians head out to the countryside or the beaches with picnic baskets weighed down with pasta bakes, piles of seasonal vegetables, prosecco, and Easter cake.

25 April 2025

Papst Franziskus, ökumenischer Prophet der Barmherzigkeit, stirbt im Alter von 88 Jahren

Heute wurde die Nachricht über den Tod von Papst Franziskus, Bischof von Rom und Oberhaupt von 1,37 Milliarden katholischen Glaubenden weltweit bekannt.

22 April 2025

Interview

Collage of two images, to the left a nurse examining a young child in a field environment, to the right a portrait photo of a woman.

Direktorin eines Krankenhauses in Gaza: „Unser Glaube sagt uns, dass uns nach einer dunklen Nacht ein heller Morgen erwartet“

Dr. Suhaila Tarazi, Direktorin des Al-Ahli-Krankenhauses in Gaza-Stadt, teilte ihre Gedanken zur Heiligen Woche: die prekäre Lage der Patientinnen und Patienten, was ihr Hoffnung bringt und ihre Osterbotschaft an alle Menschen guten Willens der Welt.

22 April 2025

Pope Francis, ecumenical prophet of mercy, dies at age 88

The world today learned of the death of Pope Francis, the bishop of Rome and leader of the world’s 1.37 billion Catholics.

21 April 2025

Interview

Director of Gaza hospital: “our faith tells us, aways after a dark night, there will be another shining tomorrow”

Dr Suhaila Tarazi, director of Al Ahli Arab Hospital (Ahli) in Gaza City, shared her reflections during Holy Week—the dire situations facing the patients, what gives her hope, and her Easter message to all people of goodwill across the world.

17 April 2025

Interview

Shia Muslim students join Bossey class, discuss their understanding of God

Each year, this year for the fifth time, Shia Muslim students from the Risalat International Institute (co-located in Iran and in Great Britain), under the direction of Dr M A Shomali, joined the Bossey Ecumenical Institute students for dialogue, prayer, and fellowship.

15 April 2025