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In Cameroon, hundreds of people are praying for peace, and they are also singing, dancing, marching, and listening to reflections led by people of faith who are calling for a ceasefire — now.

Thirty years ago, on 9 November 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell, the Nicolaikirche in Leipzig had gained a reputation as a gathering point for events signalling the end of an era of communist rule in what was then East Germany.

Die Regionalpräsidenten/innen des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen senden allen Kirchen in der Welt, die demnächst Pfingsten feiern, besondere Grüße. „Zu prophezeien bedeutet, die Wahrheit zu verkünden“, heißt es in der Botschaft. „Kein Rang oder Stand, keine Rasse, kein Club, kein Geschlecht und nicht einmal eine Religion haben ein Monopol auf die Wahrheit.“

The regional presidents of the World Council of Churches sent special greetings to churches around the world celebrating Pentecost. “To prophesy is to tell the truth,” reads the message. "No rank or class, no race or club, no gender, nor even any religion, has a monopoly on the truth.”

The latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches, opens with an article by WCC general secretary the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, “Freedom, Love and Justice,” reflecting on the theme for the WCC's 11th Assembly in 2021, “Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.”

A conference in Berlin has recalled how in 1989 an ecumenical assembly mobilised dissent in the former East Germany in the run-up to a peaceful revolution that led to the collapse of communism and the end of the Berlin Wall.

A special locomotive bearing the motto of the 2019 Kirchentag, Germany’s biggest regular Protestant festival, will travel the length and breadth of the country as a “rolling ambassador” for the event that takes place this year in June in the western German city of Dortmund.

Haben Sie jemals daran gedacht, ein Oratorium über die ökumenische Bewegung zu komponieren und dieses Werk dem Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen zu widmen?

Avez-vous déjà songé à composer un oratorio à propos du mouvement œcuménique, et à le dédier au Conseil œcuménique des Églises?

Die reiche Geschichte des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen im Bereich der Förderung von gegenseitigem Verständnis und Zusammenarbeit innerhalb der weltweiten Christenheit wird diese Woche in Amsterdam gefeiert, dem Ort, an dem die Gründungsveranstaltung der Bewegung einst stattfand.

The World Council of Churches’ rich history of promoting understanding and cooperation among Christians worldwide is being celebrated this week in Amsterdam, the site of the movement’s founding assembly.

La riche histoire du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, organisation qui favorise la compréhension et la coopération entre les chrétiens du monde entier, est célébrée cette semaine à Amsterdam, où a eu lieu l’Assemblée fondatrice du mouvement.

When the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary, Olav Fykse Tveit, first visited Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in December 2010 he took with him a pair of warm gloves as a gift for the pontiff.

Pope Francis has praised the ecumenical atmosphere of his visit to Geneva to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), and has said work by churches for peace is a mandate from God in a world threatened by crises.

Pope Francis has arrived in Geneva on what he has described as a “voyage towards unity” to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches, which brings together 350 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 550 million Christians in over 120 countries.

Interview with pastor Martin Robra on the visit of Pope Francis to the World Council of Churches by Antonio Spadaro, SJ

Ian Fraser, last surviving founding member of the Iona Community and former World Council of Churches staff, has died at the age of 100.

Une exposition sur l’espérance de justice et de paix sera dévoilée lundi 18 septembre à 10 h 30 au Centre œcuménique de Genève, devant un parterre de 45 représentant-e-s œcuméniques du monde entier.

Advocacy for women’s rights and the fight against gender-based violence is not only a concern for women but crucial for the whole of humanity and more men need to get involved. This was one of the key emphases at the annual advocacy training for faith-based organizations (FBOs) at the Ecumenical Center in Geneva.