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"See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?" The words of the Prophet Isaiah, cited throughout the gathering, found fresh meaning on 18–19 March, when more than 600 church leaders came together online to explore the Feast of Creation. #WCCNews #TheFeastofCreation
The global financial system is producing "growth without justice, efficiency without equity, and profit without peace." #WCCNews #globaljustice #WorldCouncilofChurches #SikhHumanRightsGroup #globalfinancialsystem
An Easter prayer published by the National Council of Churches in Korea expresses deep longing for peace on the Korean Peninsula, and for the day when Christians from the south and the north can come together in prayer and worship. #WCCNEWS #Easterprayer #KoreanPeninsula
With a message of hope, dialogue, and solidarity, a high-level international ecumenical delegation that had been visiting Cuba since 28 March concluded its agenda on the island on the morning of 31 March with a press conference held at the International Press Center in Havana. #WCCNEWS #Cuba
A high-level international ecumenical delegation visiting Cuba from 28-31 March on a solidarity visit aimed at responding to the island’s deepening humanitarian crisis met with president Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez at Havana’s Convention Palace on 30 March. #WCCnews #Cuba #MiguelDíazCanelBermúdez
“Our presence among you is a reminder that you are not alone,” said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay during an ecumenical service held at the Episcopal Cathedral of Havana on 29 March. #WCCnews #Cuba #WorldCouncilofChurches #JerryPillay
A morning prayer for World Council of Churches (WCC) staff and visitors at the Ecumenical Centre on 30 March was organized in partnership with the Old Catholic World Communion. #WCCNews #morningprayer #HolyWeek #AngelaBerlis #WorldCouncilofChurches
In an Easter message, the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem offered words of hope amid turmoil. #WCCNEWS #Eastermessage
For the first time in centuries, on 29 March, the heads of the churches were prevented from celebrating the Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. #WCCNEWS #ChurchoftheHolySepulchre
During a Global Prayer for Peace in the Middle East on 26 March, prayers of lament, peace, comfort, and hope were lifted up and shared through Psalms, music, and the spoken word. #WCCNEWS #GlobalPrayerforPeace #MiddleEast
How can faith communities advocate for a future of digital justice in an age marked by the rush towards ever more powerful digital technology and artificial intelligence across all sectors of life? A mid-April international symposium is set to explore the question. #WCCNEWS #ArtificialIntelligence
During a morning prayer on 23 March for World Council of Churches staff and visitors, Archbishop of Vilnius Gintaras Grušas, from Lithuania, offered a reflection on suffering, unity, and grace. #WorldCouncilofChurches #VilniusGintarasGrušas #christianunity #wccnews
The World Council of Churches (WCC) invites people and churches to join in global prayers for peace, starting with the Middle East on 26 March. #WCCNEWS #prayersforpeace #WorldCouncilofChurches #MiddleEast
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed grave concern over the findings of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine regarding the deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children. #WCCNEWS #Ukrainianchildren #WorldCouncilofChurches
Churches around the world are being invited to unite in prayer, reflection, and action during the Week of Prayer for Overcoming Racism, Xenophobia, Casteism, and all other forms of Discrimination, taking place 19–25 March. #WCCNEWS #WeekofPrayer #Racism #Xenophobia #Casteism #Discrimination
The World Council of Churches (WCC) and 13 partner world communions invite church leaders, liturgists, ecumenical officers, and all who are interested to join an online webinar on 18 and 19 March. #WCCNews #FeastofCreation #webinar #WorldCouncilofChurches
A resource providing churches and partners with essential legal tools to hold financial actors accountable for their role in the climate emergency is now available also in French, German and Spanish. #climatejustice #WCCNEWS #WorldCouncilofChurches
The World Council of Churches (WCC) invites people and churches to join in global prayers for peace, starting with the Middle East on 26 March. #WCCNEWS #prayersforpeace #WorldCouncilofChurches #MiddleEast
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Permanent Committee on Consensus and Collaboration will convene in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 17-19 March at the invitation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Church of Greece. #WCCnews #WorldCouncilofChurches #PermanentCommitteeonConsensusandCollaboration
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has joined 13 faith-based and development organisations in pressing European Union negotiators to safeguard farmers' rights to seeds.
#WCCnews #seedrights #WorldCouncilofChurches #EuropeanUnion #globalfoodsecurity #biodiversity
The World Council of Churches (WCC) congratulated Margaret Karram on her re-election as president of the Focolare Movement - a result the WCC welcomed as a renewed mandate for the ecumenical and inter-religious work that has marked her five years at the movement’s helm. #WCCNews #FocolareMovement
On the margins of the Cartagena conference, the World Council of Churches (WCC) with the support of its Catholic partners launched the Living Planet Monitor: South Asia. #WCCNews #LivingPlanetMonitor #ICARRD20 #WorldCouncilofChurches
A dialogue on 12 March, titled “Protecting Human Rights through Countering Hate Speech and Promoting Interreligious Dialogue,” presented as a side event to the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. #WCCNEWS #humanrights #hatespeech #UnitedNationsHumanRightsCouncil
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel has safely evacuated its 11 accompaniers from their posts in the Holy Land. #WCCnews #HolyLand #WorldCouncilofChurches #EcumenicalAccompanimentProgramme
Young people across the global ecumenical movement are sharing prayers of solidarity in response to escalating violence and suffering in the Middle East and other regions affected by conflict. #WCCNEWS #prayers #MiddleEast
The world, as it presented itself in Kampala, Uganda, last February, was not an easy one to face. Humanitarian budgets are shrinking. Multilateral institutions are under pressure. In many countries, the space for civil society and faith-based advocacy is narrowing. #WCCNews #Diakonia
Faith leaders, climate negotiators, and African civil society actors will gather virtually on 12 March around a question that has not gone away since the negotiations ended in Belém, Brazil: did COP30 actually deliver for Africa? #WCCNews #Africa #COP30
As climate change-linked floods strike Nairobi and its environs, church leaders in Kenya are opening doors of their churches to welcome hundreds of people affected by the disaster. #WCCNews #Nairobiflood
A webinar on 9 March highlighted “Rights! Dignity! Action! Faith in Focus for Women’s Matters.” #WCCNews #Webinar #WomensMatters
