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WCC calls for tax justice at Vatican high-level event

The World Council of Churches (WCC) joined global leaders, economists, and faith-based organizations at the High-Level Dialogue on Tax Justice and Solidarity convened by the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences to call for urgent reforms in the global tax system.

In Rome, Bossey students share common Christian witness

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.

WCC moderator speaks during Focolare meeting

Catholic, Protestant, and Anglican bishops from all over the world took part in an international ecumenical online meeting of the Focolare Movement on 19 September. World Council of Churches (WCC) moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm spoke about the WCCs work in the face of the world’s grave challenges. 

WCC moderator welcomes new Vatican document on the papacy

Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator of the central committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), has welcomed a new study document published by the Vatican in which it discusses the responses to a 1995 encyclical on Christian unity by Pope John Paul II.

Des personnalités religieuses du monde entier s’unissent pour défendre la justice environnementale durant le lancement du Temps pour la Création

Lors d’un événement international organisé pour lancer le Temps pour la Création, des responsables de différentes traditions chrétiennes se sont rassemblé-e-s pour explorer le thème de l’édition 2024, «Espérer et agir avec la Création», qui met l’accent sur les rapports de l’humanité avec la nature et sur l’urgence d’instaurer une justice environnementale.