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A new series of World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace consultations is exploring the impact of COVID-19 on the global fellowship in eight different global regions, the next phase of supporting the WCC fellowship amid the ongoing pandemic.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed deep alarm at the recent decision of the Japanese government to approve the release of tritium-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. 

The Working Group of Experts of People of African Descent met virtually from 24-26 March to discuss “Environmental Justice, the Climate Crisis and People of African Descent.”

A global prayer service, hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 26 March, brought forth voices of hope and courage in a world still gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a message to a webinar of the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network on the occasion of the World Water Day, UN special rapporteur for Human Right to Water and Sanitation Prof. Pedro Arrojo-Agudo reflected that water is “the blue soul for life,” and that, since ancient times, all beliefs and religions have considered water as sacred. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) began its Week of Prayer in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic on 22 March, with prayers and reflections of lamentation.

The Institute for Church and Society in Nigeria is raising awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water globally by participating in the World Council of Churches' Seven Weeks for Water Lenten campaign.

Faith-based health services play a critical role in many countries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization head Dr Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, has said in support of a World Council of Churches (WCC) led Week of Prayer on the pandemic.

The 15 March webinar provided information on the pandemic's current status and related issues and presented an introduction and overview of the ecumenical Week of Prayer from 22-27 March.

Anglican bishops across the world have signed a petition calling for an immediate halt to oil drilling in the Kavango Basin, Namibia, by Canadian Company ReConAfrica.

Young people in the Pacific region shared their unique ecological insights, along with their passion for change, at the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice in February.

Seven Weeks for Water begins on 17 February, bringing reflections that help us see water pollution as “not just an environmental crisis but also a spiritual one,” in the words of the Navajo tradition.