The World Council of Churches (WCC) is scheduling a press conference Wednesday 18 June at 12:45-13:20 featuring the leadership of the central committee, including Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator of the WCC central committee; Rev. Merlyn Hyde Riley, vice-moderator of the WCC central committee; H.E. Archbishop Dr Vicken Aykazian, vice-moderator of the WCC central committee; and Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, WCC general secretary, in addition to local church leaders represented by Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka of Mthatha Diocese in the Roman Catholic Church, president of the Southern African Council of Churches and the first Catholic to head the ecumenical body in Southern Africa.
