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During a noon prayer on 19 April, the World Council of Churches (WCC) called for global solidarity with the people of Sudan as an escalating conflict has plunged many innocent people into a situation in which they are barely able to survive. 

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed deep sadness at the sudden escalation of conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces.

World Council of Churches (WCC) staff will gather from 27-31 March for Staff Planning Days.

In a visit to Rome, a World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation met with organizations that, as WCC general secretary Jerry Pillay said, “keep the fire of ecumenism burning.”

Visitors from across the globe were welcomed by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in mid-March.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay is visiting the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey, from 10-11 March. This is the first official visit of the WCC new general secretary to a member church since assuming his duties on 1 January 2023.

A webinar on 1 March gave speakers and participants the opportunity to express solidarity with communities discriminated on work and descent globally.

Gathering to pray for the churches and people of France, Germany, and Monaco as part of the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, World Council of Churches (WCC) staff and partners lamented the many conflicts around the world. 

At a reception on 15 February to introduce new senior leaders of UNAIDS to the international community in Geneva, partners and, civil society organizations, participants highlighted the importance of accelerating HIV response and beating AIDS.