World Council of Churches

During a prayer held at the St Hippolyte Roman Catholic Church in Geneva, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its ecumenical partners focused on the beginning of Lent for many western Christian traditions, as well as the Lenten campaign Seven Weeks for Water, led by the WCC Ecumenical Water Network.

More than 170 faith-based groups—including the World Council of Churches—released a joint statement on 4 March entitled “Joint Interfaith Statement to the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.”

The World Council of Churches shared insights connected to Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day during an event on 28 February.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has released a seminar report entitled Indigenous Spiritualities, Land Rights, and Climate Justice. Edited by Lori Ransom, WCC indigenous peoples consultant, the report serves as a platform for the clear, urgent, and much-needed voices of Indigenous peoples to expose the climate catastrophe through which we are living.

Emma Van Dorp, from the Confederation of Switzerland, Eglise Protestante de Genève, is a member of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Young People in the Ecumenical Movement.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Staff Planning Days are underway from 3-6 March, a time during which the WCC will focus on its Strategic Plan, and streamline activities, resourcing, and cooperation around priorities for the Ecumenical Year 2025. 

As Br Matthew, prior of the Taizé Community, and seven other Taizé brothers visited Geneva, they returned to some of their community’s early roots. 

Hunsam Lee, new general secretary of the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, and Dr Sungkook Park, from the Ecumenical Department of the church, met with Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), and Dr Manoj Kurian, director of the WCC Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing, at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva. 

On the occasion of the 85th birthday of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary and WCC moderator of the central committee Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm expressed deep gratitude in a special letter.

The executive committee of the Joint Working Group between the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Roman Catholic Church convened online on 24 February. Those gathered created three new working groups that were proposed during the last in-person plenary session in September 2024 in Bossey, Switzerland.

Wendy Ramirez, from Honduras, took time to share her background, and her messages for the church—and the world—about people who live with HIV.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay spoke at a JC2033 Unity Night global gathering on 27 February. 

During the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a call for prayers raised a chorus of global voices calling for peace and justice.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay welcomed Br Matthew, prior of the Taizé Community, as well as seven other Taizé brothers, who visited Geneva for three days this week. 

Upon the admission of Archbishop Anastasios of Albania to “Evangelismos” Hospital in Athens at the beginning of January 2025, expressions of widespread acceptance and appreciation emerged from people of all educational backgrounds and ages, from various societal circles (ecclesiastical, academic, political, journalistic), as well as from international inter-Christian and interfaith communities and beyond.

A “Pasqua Together 2025” delegation visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 27 February during the JC2033 International Gathering in Geneva to discuss the movement of Christians around the world who are celebrating the 2000th anniversary of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter 2033.

As the Christian world enters the Lenten season, the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network will launch its annual Seven Weeks for Water campaign with a prayer service at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.

Tughunaka Khehoi Ayemi is from Nagaland, India, and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Advanced Studies in Ecumenical Studies at the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Institute at Bossey.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has joined global faith leaders in signing a joint letter calling on G20 finance ministers to take decisive action on the escalating global debt crisis. Released ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers' Meeting, the letter—co-signed by WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay—warns of the devastating consequences of unsustainable debt on vulnerable populations. Nearly half the world’s population lives in countries where debt payments exceed spending on health, education, and climate resilience.

Ambassador Amira Hanania, a Palestinian diplomat and media veteran, serves as the representative of the Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Europe. A Christian from Bethlehem, she has dedicated her career to journalism and diplomacy. Recently, she completed a documentary titled “Via Dolorosa: The Path of Sorrows,” which sheds light on the history of Christians in Palestine and the challenges they face.