World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay is visiting Canada, where he will preach at the centennial service of the United Church of Canada. The following is excerpted from a previous interview with Dr Pillay in Canada.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) had input into the 49th Session of Universal Periodic Review, a process in which UN member states undergo a peer review of their human rights records.
During a field visit to the south Lebanon, organized by youth groups and movements from the churches of Lebanon in cooperation with brothers from the Taize community, Maria Bzdigian, project manager at the Middle East Council of Churches, found the impact of the war heartbreaking—and impossible to ignore.
On 1 June, at the Berner Münster in Bern, Switzerland, Ecumenical Vespers marked a celebration of joy and unity in faith organized by the Swiss National Council of Churches and the Protestant Church in Switzerland.
Le 27 mai s’est ouverte une Conférence sur le patrimoine arménien à Berne, en Suisse pour aborder les conséquences du conflit dans l’Artsakh/Haut-Karabakh sur la préservation du patrimoine religieux et culturel arménien, des droits de sa population et de la sécurité à l’avenir de la nation arménienne.
“A Response to the Call of the Church and the Cry of the People", speech by Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, World Council of Churches general secretary at the Conference on the Preservation of Armenian Religious, Cultural and Historical Heritage in Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh, Bern, Switzerland, 27 May 2025.
Speech by Rev. Rita Famos, president of the Protestant Church in Switzerland, at the Conference on the Preservation of Armenian Religious, Cultural and Historical Heritage in Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh
Au cours de la messe d’inauguration qu’il a présidée le 18 mai, le pape Léon XIV a exhorté le monde à cheminer vers Dieu et à aimer ses semblables. Un message qui a fait vibrer le cœur des dirigeants du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) venus assister à la célébration avant une audience privée œcuménique le 19 mai.
Key note address of Bishop Jonas Jonson at the CCIA Consultation on Centenary of Life and Work Conference in Stockholm 1925, Athens, Greece, 19 May 2025.
As Pope Leo XIV presided over the Mass of Inauguration on 18 May, he urged the world to walk toward God and to love one another—a message that resonated deeply with the World Council of Churches (WCC) leaders who attended the mass as well as a private ecumenical audience with Pope Leo on 19 May.
Commission of the Churches on International AffairsDirector’s report at the opening session of the CCIA 60th meeting / Life and Work Centenary Consultation, Athens, 18 May 2025.
Commission of the Churches on International Affairs Moderator’s address at the opening session of the CCIA Life and Work Centenary Consultation, Athens, 18 May 2025.
Greetings from the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Ieronymos II to the Life and Work Centenary conference and 60th meeting of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs in Athens, Greece, from 18 to 22 May 2025.
Visitors to the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 13 May included 22 students from an international initiative between HTWG Konstanz (Germany) and Elizabethtown College (USA), as well as Outi Piiroinen Backman from Tuusula, Finland.
A delegation from the “Thank you, Doctor!” campaign visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 13 May. The global campaign seeks to value the humanizing role played by the primary care physician, also known as the family doctor, in the healthcare system and in society.
Dans son rapport au Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, secrétaire général du COE, est revenu sur ce que signifiait être la famille de Dieu au milieu des guerres, des rumeurs de guerres, des violences, des guerres commerciales, des catastrophes climatiques, des représailles et des quêtes de protection personnelle ou de préservation de son identité.
At the "World of Work, Place of Hope" event held in Rome on 2 May, faith leaders, economists, and labour representatives gathered to address the intertwined challenges of climate justice and dignified work. Among the speakers, Athena Peralta, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development, highlighted a critical upcoming milestone: COP30 and its focus on just transition.
