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Students from the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Bossey are visiting Rome for a week, where they are taking part in a rich programme featuring lectures, guided tours of the Vatican, and meaningful exchanges with leaders from the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity.

Students from the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Bossey are in Rome for a weeklong visit, with a full programme that includes lectures, tours of the Vatican, and opportunities to interact with leaders from the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity.

Rev. Prof. Dr Angela Berlis, a member of the World Council of Churches Commission on Faith and Order, has received the Lambeth Cross for Ecumenism. 

In the wake of an attack involving a truck plowing into a crowd in New Orleans, Louisiana (US) on 31 December, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay condemned the violence against innocent people, and expressed solidarity with the churches and the communities within New Orleans.

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will take place from 18-25 January, and churches and Christian communities worldwide are invited to use the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2025 resources in seven languages, including a child-friendly version.

Prayer will be at the centre of the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order when it gathers in October 2025 near Alexandria, Egypt, on the theme “Where now for visible unity?”

El secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, expresó la solidaridad del movimiento ecuménico internacional con la Iglesia Católica Romana de México por la muerte del sacerdote y defensor de los derechos humanos, Marcelo Pérez.

Der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay drückte der römisch-katholischen Kirche, die um den Priester und Menschenrechtsverteidiger Marcelo Pérez trauert, die Solidarität der internationalen ökumenischen Bewegung aus.

Le pasteur Jerry Pillay, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), a exprimé la solidarité du mouvement œcuménique international envers l’Église catholique romaine du Mexique, endeuillée par l’assassinat du prêtre et défenseur des droits humains Marcelo Pérez.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed the international ecumenical movement’s solidarity with the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico mourning the death of the priest and human rights defender, Marcelo Pérez.