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World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay marked 11 January as a “significant moment for justice and the rule of law,” as public hearings commenced in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on allegations against the State of Israel of violations of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. 

Christmas Message of the World Council of Churches, December 2023: What Is This Light?

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay commemorated the legacy of Nelson Mandela on 8 December at a piano concert for peace.

Address of the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay at the All Africa Conference of Churches 12th General Assembly, "Christ`s Love Compels Us to Justice, Reconciliation and Unity". 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) congratulates the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) on its 50th Jubilee. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) expressed both outrage and shock at the news of an airstrike on the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza.

The World Council of Churches (WCC), in the aftermath of brutal violence where thousands of innocent civilians lost their lives, is calling for a new approach to resolve the conflict in the Holy Land. 

The assault by Israel’s military on Jenin Refugee Camp has left 12 Palestinians killed, and 120 injured including 20 in critical condition. 

This week marks the 75th commemoration of what Palestinians refer to as the nakba, or “catastrophe,” when hundreds of thousands of people were uprooted during Israel's creation in 1948.

On 23 February 2023, at a special event at the University of Fribourg honoring his work, former acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, delivered a lecture exploring the question: “What future for the ecumenical movement?”

Church at the Crossroads, sermon by Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches at the service of his installation as the ninth general secretary of the WCC in the chapel of the Ecumenical Centre Geneva, Switzerland, 17 February 2023.

Greetings from the World Council of Churches on the occasion of the Ordination of Sally Azar as pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan & the Holy Land

Statement by the World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay condemning the desecration of the historic Protestant cemetery on Mount Zion.

Jerusalem, 22 November 2022

On October 17, 2022, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Fr Ioan Sauca, acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches.

Report of the Acting General Secretary to the WCC Central Committee meeting, 15 June 2022

The WCC has supported the State of Israel since its inception in 1948. The council has consistently called for an end to violence, repudiation of all forms of anti-semitism, an end to the illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and a negotiated two-state solution to the conflict there.

Recent events in Palestine and Israel have, tragically, once again underscored the critical need for a just peace in the region, for both Palestinians and Israelis, says World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca.