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WCC applauds Nobel Prize winner Narges Mohammadi

The World Council of Churches (WCC) welcomed the news that the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Iranian women’s rights defender Narges Mohammadi.

06 October 2023

Blog post

Climate crisis: have we learned lessons from the past?

"2000", "3000", "10 000,” and "we cannot provide reliable estimates regarding the number of victims”—these were heard and read in the last days ever too often about the situation in Libya. This situation highlights the pressing issues of climate change and global injustices also regarding the youth. Again and again.

03 October 2023

Pawel Pustelnik

Letter

Platinum jubilee greetings to the CSI Women’s Fellowship in the Madhya Kerala Diocese from the general secretary of the WCC, Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay

02 October 2023

General Secretary

Blog post

Reflection on the parable of the workers in the vineyard

The following reflection is on Matthew 20:1-16.

27 September 2023

Rev. Dr Mauro Batista de Souza

Interview

ACT Alliance general secretary: “equity is not negotiable”

As the 78th session of the UN General Assembly and the first-ever Climate Action Summit were held in New York City in September, ACT Alliance general secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria reflected on the importance of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the ecumenical movement in creating a more sustainable and equitable world.

26 September 2023

Greetings pour in to commemorate WCC’s 75th anniversary

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has been fielding a growing number of greetings and reflections as it continues to observe its 75th anniversary.

22 September 2023

New York City, September 21 2023- The Wrold Council of Churches, UNAIDS and PEPFAR hosted the Communities of Faith Prayer Breakfast during the high level week of the UN General Assembly, gathering faith leaders and other health care leaders and practitioners to learn and pray together about the current state of AIDS among children and the rest of the population.

At interfaith gathering, WCC joins calls for a one-community response to HIV

An interfaith breakfast held in conjunction with the 78th session of the UN General Assembly brought into focus the urgent need for building partnerships for a one-community response to HIV.

22 September 2023

Message

NIFEA Communiqué

We, the members of communities including social thinkers, clergy, theologians, activists, and community leaders representing social organizations, ecumenical institutions, and religious traditions, gathered under the aegis of the New International Financial Economic Architecture (NIFEA). We met at a time when leaders of the G20 were also gathering to deliberate on the future of this planet.

21 September 2023

WCC Programmes

indigenous women holding messages at COP27

NIFEA group calls for reimagined global financial alternatives

Meeting at the same time as the G20 summit in Delhi, India, a group of social thinkers, community activists, theologians, and religious leaders has called for “radical alternatives” to be reimagined “as an alternative to capitalism, state domination, patriarchy, ableism, cis-heteronormativity, and all forms of racism and casteism.”

21 September 2023

Interview

Video interview: WCC “will be known by where it invests its moral and financial resources”

In a video interview with WCC news, Rev. Dr Liberato C. Bautista, assistant general secretary for United Nations and International Affairs, General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church, reflects on the dynamics of the ecumenical movement between local and global realities and the role of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in international multilateral dialogue.

18 September 2023

Moderator of Central Committee

Sermon

Sermon by Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm at St. Egidio in Berlin

Sermon by the WCC moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm during at the International Meeting for Peace / St. Egidio community on 12 September in Berlin, Germany.

13 September 2023

Moderator of Central Committee

Lecture - Speech

Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm: "The Word of God: Compass for Our Time"

"The Word of God: Compass for Our Time", reflection by the World Council of Churches moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm during at the International Meeting for Peace held on 10-12 September in Berlin, Germany.

13 September 2023

WCC general secretary, at gathering in Berlin: “Audacious peace is inspired by our faith”

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay shared reflections during a “People of Peace” gathering in Berlin.

11 September 2023

Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata reflects on “Hope in a fragile world” at diakonia conference in Germany

World Council of Churches (WCC) progamme director for Public Witness and Diakonia Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata offered a keynote address at a conference for the Diakonia Region Africa-Europe of the World Federation of Diaconal Associations and Diaconal Communities.

08 September 2023

Lecture - Speech

Keynote address by Rev Dr Kenneth Mtata: Diakonia of Hope in a fragile world

"Diakonia of Hope in a fragile world", keynote address by Rev Dr Kenneth Mtata at the Regional Conference for the DRAE (Africa and Europe) region in Neuendettelsau, Germany, 06 - 10 September 2023

08 September 2023

WCC Programmes

Celebratory event discusses Black leaders’ contributions to WCC

A public online celebration and panel discussion on 31 August, “They too were Gathered: Paying homage to Black people’s contributions to 75 years of World Council of Churches (WCC),” uncovered the contributions of Black people from different parts of the world in the formation and growth of the WCC.

06 September 2023

Ecumenism in the Philippines means hope and resilience

As the World Council of Churches celebrates its 75th anniversary, a series of feature stories from different regions of the world will portray ecumenism at the local level—within churches, communities, and individuals who embody the spirit of ecumenism in unique ways. The feature story below offers a glimpse of some facets of ecumenism present in the Philippines.

22 August 2023

Church leaders in Pakistan call for international solidarity to bring justice

Church leaders in Pakistan are calling for international solidarity and for measures to ensure the safety and security of Christians in Pakistan. Their messages come in the wake of church burnings in the city of Jaranwala, in eastern Pakistan, where 24 churches have been burned, affecting at least 600 families.

18 August 2023