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World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay brought joyful greetings to the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist movement. 

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a transmis ses salutations œcuméniques au Pape Léon XIV et lui a assuré qu’il continuerait à œuvrer aux côtés de l’Église catholique romaine lors de son pontificat.

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

Iskandar Majlaton is local programme coordinator for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). Operating in extraordinary circumstances that include the start of the war between Israel and Palestine that began in October 2023, the continued occupation of Palestinian land, and the increasing insecurity and violence that threatens the region. 

The South Sudan Council of Churches, in a statement on 6 March, addressed the escalating insecurity, political tensions, and violence that threaten the peace many have worked so hard to build in the nation. 

The World Council of Churches Christmas message asks, in today’s world in which many are fearful of the future, “Where is peace in all this? Where is God in all this?”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee, meeting in Cyprus, an island that is still suffering from the consequences of unresolved conflict, expressed in a statement deep concern over the scars of division, dispossession, and displacement that remain unhealed.