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The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel continues to offer a protective presence, and the need is growing given the deteriorating humanitarian situation, as revealed from the incident reports.

Christmas messages from the World Council of Churches (WCC) member churches and partners across the world are bringing good tidings, deep prayers, light, and hope, even amid the world’s challenges. 

On the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Chilean military coup, Marta Palma, former staff of the World Council of Churches (WCC), remembers the WCC’s extensive support for Chilean churches and communities during one of the darkest periods in the nation’s history. 

Athena Peralta, director of the WCC Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development, answers frequently asked questions about the outcomes of Biodiversity COP16 and Climate COP29—and why churches have a crucial role now and in the future.

At a European Consultation on just peace in Warsaw, experts from across Europe explored the notion of just peace and listened to the voices of churches in Ukraine sharing their insights on true peace and justice amid the realities of the ongoing war.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Reference Group on Overcoming Racism, Xenophobia, Casteism, and all other forms of Discrimination, went on a pilgrimage to historic castles in Elmina and Cape Coast, in Ghana—a visit that exposed the magnitude of sinful injustice perpetuated by European empires and kingdoms on Africans for centuries and whose legacies continue to afflict Africans and people of African Descent around the world.