🌏 The #EcumenicalPrayerCycle takes us through every region of the world over a year. This week we pray for the #Caribbean region and its islands.
🗓️ 25 - 31 October 2026
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Kenya spends nearly half its revenue on debt, said Rev. Jackline Makena Mutuma. Her call: grants, not loans.
www.oikoumene.org/news/at-imf-world-bank-t...
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The irreplaceable mandate of faith actors, global coordination, and political will in modern peacebuilding and the voice of the WCC: oikoumene.org/blog/the-irreplaceable-manda...
🇯🇴 Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem condemns attack on church in Jordan: oikoumene.org/news/greek-orthodox-patriarc...
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New WCC Publications book invites churches to become intercultural through companionship: oikoumene.org/news/new-wcc-publications-bo...
🇸🇪 Margareta Ingelstam reflects on exploring the power of nonviolence: oikoumene.org/news/margareta-ingelstam-ref...
🕊️ Rev. Dr Ibrahim Wushishi Yusuf reflects on peacebuilding in Africa: oikoumene.org/news/rev-dr-ibrahim-wushishi...
📷Magnus Aronson/WCC
WCC congratulates Ecumenical Patriarch on 35th anniversary of enthronement: oikoumene.org/news/wcc-congratulates-ecume...
📷Albin Hillert/WCC
Can the world protect biodiversity without the communities who live with it? Churches at @UNBiodiversity COP17
➡ www.oikoumene.org/news/biodiversity-cop17-...
📷 Faiths for Biodiversity
Menopause is a natural stage of life and a public health priority, a webinar with @ACTAlliance heard.
www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-webinar-move-fr...
Where are we? Where do we want to go? How do we get there? @LiaisonIlc Talanoa Dialogue, 4 November #COP31 @ACTAlliance @lutheranworld
www.oikoumene.org/events/interfaith-gather...
📷 Valter Hugo Muniz/WCC
🌊 Pacific churches reject US call to end UN decolonization mandate: oikoumene.org/news/pacific-churches-reject...
📷Marcelo Schneider/WCC
On World Food Day, “we pray for the bread we need today”: oikoumene.org/news/on-world-food-day-we-pr...
🇳🇱 WCC general secretary speaks on public theology in a fractured world: oikoumene.org/news/wcc-general-secretary-s...
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As the UN Human Rights Council closed, the World Council of Churches (WCC) looked back on outcomes related to its contributions and statements on the topics of climate and environment, nuclear justice, West Papua, Mozambique, and Marshall Islands: www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-contributes-ins...
🌏 The #EcumenicalPrayerCycle takes us through every region of the world over a year. This week we pray for #Belize, #Guatemala, #Honduras, and #Mexico.
🗓️ 18 - 24 October 2026
🙏 Find the prayer material here: www.oikoumene.org/resources/prayer-cycle/b...
🇻🇦 WCC conveys heartfelt prayers to Pope Leo XIV: oikoumene.org/news/wcc-conveys-heartfelt-p...
📷Marcelo Schneider/WCC
WCC hosted a panel at the annual Geneva Peace Forum yesterday, exploring the role of faith-based actors in peacebuilding. “What Faith Brings to the Dialogue Table” was co-organized with ACT Alliance, Arigatou International, and Caritas Internationalis: www.oikoumene.org/news/geneva-peace-forum-...
WCC Online Learning Series on Interreligious Dialogue, session 4: Hindu philosophy, practice, pluralism, and interreligious dialogue.
More info at www.oikoumene.org/events
International conference assesses Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church: oikoumene.org/news/international-conferenc...
🇩🇪 WCC general secretary reflects on “Decolonizing mission: from mission to mutuality”: oikoumene.org/news/wcc-general-secretary-r...
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Leaders from three World Council of Churches (WCC) reference groups, following a recent conference in Chiang Mai, reflected on what it mean to witness together, and what they hope churches will do.
Read more: www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-reference-group...…
WCC together with partners ACT Alliance, Arigatou International, and Caritas Internationalis will host a panel at the Geneva Peace Forum on 15 October to explore the role of faith-based actors in peacebuilding: www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-presents-geneva...…
WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay met with the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr Denis Mukwege on 13 October to discuss calls for stronger international action to end violence and advance lasting peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo: www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-meeting-discuss...
A joint conference of World Council of Churches commissions and reference groups in Chiang Mai, Thailand, has closed with a message titled “Call to Prophetic Action for Life, Justice, and Peace.”
Read more: www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-issues-call-to-...
Audrey Jung is the news sales and marketing lead for Château de Bossey. She took time to share what drew her to her new role, her vision for the Bossey Hotel and Conference Centre, and even one of her own favorite spots.: oikoumene.org/news/at-chateau-de-bossey-co...
🕊️ WCC commends Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay: oikoumene.org/news/wcc-commends-nobel-peac...
WCC commission leaders in Chiang Mai, where those gathered are exploring what “Being Church in the World Today” means, took time to reflect on what it means to re-articulate ecumenical social ethics today, and their hopes for the impact of the conference: www.oikoumene.org/news/commission-leaders-...
Listening before speaking: the WCC Joint Conference on Life, Justice and Peace opened in Chiang Mai with encounters with local communities working on clean air, migrant workers’ rights, HIV care, drug rehabilitation and interfaith dialogue: www.oikoumene.org/news/listening-before-sp...
New GETI publication explores future of Christian unity: oikoumene.org/news/new-geti-publication-ex...
📷Marcelo Schneider/WCC
Members of the WCC Commission on Ecumenical Education and Formation meeting at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey this week took a joint stand in the global #ThursdaysinBlack campaign by showing solidarity against sexual and gender-based violence.
📷Marcelo Schneider/WCC
Participants of the Joint Conference of WCC Commissions and Reference Groups on Life, Justice and Peace meet in Chiang Mai, Thailand, this week and take a joint stand in the global #ThursdaysinBlack campaign by wearing black in solidarity against sexual and gender-based violence.
#Bossey80 🎂 Thank you, Bossey! Alumni network launches: oikoumene.org/news/thank-you-bossey-alumni...
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#Bossey80 🎂 Global religious leaders shared greetings during the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey on 7 October: oikoumene.org/news/greetings-abound-as-bos...
During the 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, presidential envoy for nuclear justice and human rights Senator David Anitok met with World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay.
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#Bossey80 🎂 celebration reiterates “counter-cultural witness to the kingdom of the God of life” : oikoumene.org/news/bosseys-80th-celebratio...
📷Marcelo Schneider/WCC
WCC programme director strengthens strategic vision for ecumenical formation: oikoumene.org/news/wcc-programme-director-...
📷Marcelo Schneider/WCC
The 80th anniversary of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs was marked on 4 October in Chiang Mai, prior to the conference of the WCC Commissions and Reference Groups on Life, Justice and Peace currently underway in Thailand: www.oikoumene.org/news/commemoration-marks...
A gathering of WCC commissions and reference groups on Life, Justice and Peace opened today in Chiang Mai, where ecumenical leaders will explore what “Being Church in the World Today” means. Read more: www.oikoumene.org/news/chiang-mai-conferen...…
Bossey 80th anniversary celebration to be streamed online: oikoumene.org/news/bossey-80th-anniversary...
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WCC general secretary shares encouragement with WCC education commission: oikoumene.org/news/wcc-general-secretary-s...
📷Marcelo Schneider/WCC
🌏 The #EcumenicalPrayerCycle takes us through every region of the world over a year. This week we pray for #Bolivia, #Brazil, #Chile, and #Peru.
🗓️ 27 September - 03 October 2026
🙏 Find the prayer material here: www.oikoumene.org/resources/prayer-cycle/b...
Members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) commissions and reference groups working on Life, Justice, and Peace will gather in Chiang Mai from 4 to 10 October to discern how churches can respond together to the defining challenges of a fractured world: www.oikoumene.org/news/churches-to-ask-how...
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Staff Planning Days, scheduled for 28 September through 2 October, will focus on implementing a new structure together of the organization.
Read more: www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-staff-planning-...
A UN Human Rights Office report of 18 September says sexual violence has been used against civilians and prisoners of war in Ukraine in a pattern of torture, intimidation, and coercion since the start of the Russia’s full-scale attack on its neighbour: www.oikoumene.org/news/un-human-rights-rep...
The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, on 19 September, issued an appeal to the WCC, Pope Leo XIV, WEA and other religious leaders to raise their voices to save several thousand residents of the occupied #Oleshky in Ukraine: www.oikoumene.org/news/ukrainian-council-o...
A group of students from the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) as part of their orientation programme. They learned more about the WCC’s work, and received a tour of the Ecumenical Centre.
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The WCC hosted a group from the General Commission on Religion and Race (GCORR) of the United Methodist Church. The visitors entered into a conversation with WCC staff on global migration issues within the European context.
🔗 www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-hosts-general-c...
Rev. Janet Anstead, general secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches, reflects on churches’ commitment to #reconciliation & her vision for healing & transformation at the #grassroots level. #WCC #PilgrimageOfJustice
Read more: www.oikoumene.org/news
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