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In an ecumenical meeting for North American church leaders on 24 June, prayers and discussion centered on issues that are both deeply painful and seemingly insurmountable: racism, division, vaccine hesitancy, genocide, war. But hope found a way into the virtual gathering as participants supported each other to find ways forward.

As a United Nations high-level meeting convenes from 8-10 June in New York, the World Council of Churches (WCC) is joining the UN and other faith-based and civic groups to review progress on commitments to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

During a “Season of Creation Intergenerational Dialogue” webinar on 3 June, World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca gave closing remarks, reflecting on how the earth can be a home for us all.

As religious leaders in the USA gathered online for a Faiths4Vaccines National Summit on 26 May, they heard a clear message from policymakers and scientists leading the COVID-19 response: churches are not only caring for people’s health but for their souls, too.

Der Exekutivausschuss des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), der vom 17. bis 20. Mai getagt hat, blickt zuversichtlich in die Zukunft, hat in Erklärungen, pastoralen Botschaften und Aufrufen zum Gebet aber gleichzeitig auch die verschiedenen globalen Krisen thematisiert.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, convening from 17-20 May, set a tone of hope for the future while, at the same time, addressing multiple global crises with statements, pastoral messages, and calls for prayer.

On the road to the next UN Climate Conference (the 26^th Conference of Parties, or COP 26), churches and groups from a range of Christian traditions organised a webinar titled, “Raise Your Voice in Faith for Climate Justice,” on 13 May as part of the Global Action and Prayer for Climate Justice. 

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha publicado la colección de oraciones de todo el mundo, “Voces de lamento, esperanza y aliento”, en alemán, español y francés. Estas versiones se suman a la original en inglés, publicada en marzo, con ocasión de la Semana de oración en tiempos de la pandemia de COVID-19.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a mis à disposition le recueil de prières du monde «Voix de lamentation, d’espoir et de courage» en français, allemand et espagnol, en plus de la version anglaise publiée en mars pour une Semaine de prière à l’occasion de la pandémie de COVID-19.

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) hat die Sammlung von Gebeten und Andachten aus aller Welt für eine Gebetswoche in Zeiten der COVID-19-Pandemie mit dem Titel „Stimmen der Klage, der Hoffnung und des Mutes“ nun in deutscher, französischer und spanischer Übersetzung veröffentlicht. Die englische Originalfassung war schon im März anlässlich der weltweiten Gebetswoche in Zeiten der COVID-19-Pandemie veröffentlicht worden.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has made available the collection of global prayers “Voices of Lament, Hope and Courage” in French, German and Spanish, in addition to the English version published in March for a Week of Prayer in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will express its solidarity in lament, hope and courage with churches of India during a Day of Praying and Fasting for the healing of India on 7 May as COVID-19 continues to surge across South Asian countries.

In a pastoral letter, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Christian Conference of Asia expressed their concern, grief, and prayerful solidarity with the churches in India as COVID-19 surges in South Asian countries.