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Pastoral letter to the churches and people of South Sudan and to Norwegian Church Aid by Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches.

Pastoral letter by Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, World Council of Churches general secretary to the Churches and people of Rwanda after floods kill 130 people.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed solidarity and extended prayers on behalf of the WCC in the wake of a shooting at a Belgrade school that left at least nine dead.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed grave concern about the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan, and urged an end to hostilities.

Statement by the Youth Office of the Sudan Council of Churches, April 21, 2023 AD.

I am writing this report just after the celebration of Easter in the West, and I have both a sense of rejoicing that Christ is risen, defeating death and treading down evil, but also a pang of sorrow that we are not yet united in celebrating Easter together.

I remember hearing about “Faith and Order” for the first time. I was a freshman in theology reading Fr Georges Florovsky’s biography, and the phrase stuck in my mind.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is deeply saddened by the sudden escalation of conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudan's transitional governing Sovereign Council, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

University of Fribourg, Aula Magna, 23 February 2023, 5.15 pm

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?”

Congratulatory Message by Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana, South African Council of Churches, for Rev. Prof. Jerry Pillay at his installation as WCC General Secretary on 17 February 2023.

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.

Sermon of the World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay during a prayer service on 23 January, when the WCC staff and partners gathered to observe the sixth day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

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.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed joy on receiving the news of the election of His Beatitude George III of Cyprus as the Archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus.