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Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi, Mission of Palestine to Switzerland; and Doa Nofal, second secretary at the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, requested an urgent meeting with the World Council of Churches (WCC) to discuss the war in the Holy Land and the current and urgent humanitarian situation.

The World Council of Churches will join a Day of Prayer and Fasting on 17 October, which will be hosted by the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem. 

After an emergency committee of the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem met on 13 October, they urged immediate actions to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

The World Council of Churches (WCC), in the aftermath of brutal violence where thousands of innocent civilians lost their lives, is calling for a new approach to resolve the conflict in the Holy Land. 

Responding to global crises such as conflicts, pandemic aftereffects, and the pressing challenges of climate change, the World Council of Churches (WCC), with ecumenical organizations and partners, is set to organize a "Weekend of Prayer & Action Against Hunger" on 14-16 October. With 258 million people in 58 countries facing severe hunger in 2022, the need to act is critical.

The World Council of Churches (WCC)—along with the World Health Organization, World Federation for Mental Health, World Psychiatric Association, and other partners—hosted a webinar on 11 October, the day after World Mental Health Day.

In a letter to the European Union, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Conference of European Churches express grave concern for the situation in the Caucasus related to the exodus of almost the entire ethnic Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.