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A march for peace after in central Oslo, Norway

All Africa Conference of Churches welcomes treaty banning nuclear weapons

The All Africa Conference of Churches has welcomed the coming into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, stating on 26 January that the treaty “addresses the disproportionate impact of nuclear weapons on women and indigenous peoples.”

28 January 2021

As Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons becomes international law, global faith communities welcome the milestone

As the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force on 22 January, the World Council of Churches joined other global faith communities in welcoming the groundbreaking moment.

22 January 2021

Statement: public statement

Joint Interfaith Statement on the Entry into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

As the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force on 22 January, the World Council of Churches joined other global faith communities in welcoming the groundbreaking moment. A joint statement endorsed by 156 organizations celebrated the milestone and, at the same time, noted that there is urgent work yet to be done to ensure a nuclear weapons-free world.

22 January 2021

Commission on International Affairs

Event

Webcast: "WCC partners welcome the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons”

27 January 2021

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is hosting a webcast on 27 January that focuses on how to reach the vision of a nuclear weapons-free world after the celebrated milestone of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Online - https://www.oikoumene.org/live

As Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons becomes international law, WCC hosts webcast on what’s next

21 January 2021

'no to nuclear weapons' sign in Nowegian

Religions for Peace in Norway urges government to join UN Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

An appeal from representatives of Religions for Peace in Norway is urging the Norwegian government to join the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which will come into force on 22 January.

18 January 2021

Liturgical text

Morning Prayer for Wednesday, 23 December 2020

O God, grant us a humble heart...

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray for the churches and people of Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan.

23 December 2020

WCC Programmes

Interview

“Coventry Cathedral continues to speak a word of hope to the world”

The Right Reverend Dr Christopher Cocksworth is Bishop of Coventry, the senior leader of the Church of England in Coventry and Warwickshire in the United Kingdom. On 14 November 2020, Bishop Cocksworth, along with the Archbishops of Canterbury and York as well as more than 30 other bishops, issued a statement welcoming the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and calling on the UK Government to join it. The statement coincided with the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Coventry and destruction of its cathedral.

10 December 2020

Liturgical text

God of Creation, you are the creator and lover of all that is visible and invisible. Forgive us for those times when we turn our backs on what your hands have made. Refocus our minds so that we will once again be good stewards of what you have created. We praise you as we marvel at the majesty and splendour of your creation. May our praise lead us to care for all creation, in the name of your son, our Saviour we pray. Amen.

Morning Prayer for Friday, 6 November 2020

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

06 November 2020

WCC Programmes

WCC celebrates 50th ratification of Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

The World Council of Churches (WCC) welcomes and celebrates the ratification by 50 States of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which seeks for the first time to establish a comprehensive ban on the development, testing, production, stockpiling, stationing, transfer, use and threat of use of nuclear weapons, as well as obligations for victim assistance and environmental remediation.

24 October 2020

The Lord put us here to look after the whole manta

"You can look into the sky and see the Seven Sisters still today. They are in the stars reminding us to be strong. We are always looking to the future and this story is remembering."

31 August 2020

Michele Madigan

Peace, the mother of love

“Peace especially attracts the Spirit of God, for peace is the mother of love and the hallmark of sanctity.” So said Alcuin of York. Although he lived and died over 1,200 years ago he remains one of the greatest Christian scholars this country has ever produced, and even though he is not so well remembered today, his influence upon the church in Europe was profound and long-lasting.

24 August 2020

Archbishop Stephen Cottrell

Are we our sisters' keepers? When it comes to atom bombs the world is saying 'yes'

On his visit to Japan last November, Pope Francis defined nuclear weapons as a “crime”. Two crimes, actually, folded into one. He named “the dignity of human beings” and “any possible future for our common home”. The pope added a critical qualifier in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The crime is committed not only by using nuclear weapons; it is also committed by having nuclear weapons.

17 August 2020

Jonathan Frerichs

Practicing the interfaith discipline of hope

Last September I visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki for the first time as part of my sabbatical year. How does one encounter these two places that are such containers of pain, suffering and for me, as an American, complicity? To be a tourist feels wrong and I ended up contemplating the World Council of Churches (WCC) model of pilgrimages of justice and peace as a way to be in a space of suffering, and as a way to practice accompaniment, commitment and perhaps even hopefulness.

10 August 2020

Emily Welty

Message

Joint Interfaith Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

As a wide coalition of faith-based communities from around the world, we have committed to speaking
with one voice that rejects the existential threat to humanity that nuclear weapons pose. We reaffirm that the presence of even one nuclear weapon violates the core principles of our different faith traditions and threatens the unimaginable destruction of everything we hold dear.

06 August 2020

Ecumenical movement

A woman sets a floating candle lantern on the river in Hiroshima on August 6, 2015. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/WCC, 2015.

Joint interfaith statement calls for rejection of nuclear weapons

On 6 August, a “Joint Interfaith Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki” was released, reaffirming the existential threat to humanity that nuclear weapons pose.

06 August 2020

Open wounds: French nuclear tests at Moruroa and Fangataufa, Ma’ohi Nui 1966-1996

Fifty years after the French tests in Moruroa and Fangataufa, 540 cases of people suffering from cancer are reported every year among our population of 280,000 inhabitants, and so many stillborn infants and deformed children. Isn’t that proof enough that the French nuclear tests were not as clean as the state claims?

03 August 2020

François Pihaatae