WCC water network plans to intensify water justice advocacy MALAWI- The International Reference Group (IRG) of the Ecumenical Water Network (EWN), the water justice initiative of the World...
WCC invites global participation in World Week of Peace in Palestine and Israel Switzerland- The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting people across the world to unite in peaceful actions to...
Better communication helps tackle incitement to violence UNITED STATES- The United Nations is promoting an action plan specifically designed to enable religious leaders to prevent incitement...
WCC joins Jerusalem church leaders’ plea for continuous free access to worship at Holy Sites For the sake of peace, church leaders in Jerusalem are calling to maintain the historical status quo on the...
United Nations Secretary-General Launches First Action Plan for Religious Leaders to Prevent Incitement to Violence The first ever action plan specifically designed to enable religious leaders to prevent incitement to violence – the...
WCC condemns attack in Jerusalem The World Council of Churches (WCC) condemned an attack that occurred Friday in Jerusalem, during which two Israeli police...
Mutuality and cooperation focus at Korean peace meeting in Leipzig GERMANY- The need for urgent ecumenical responses to the dangerously escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula was the focus...
Gender-based violence concerns ‘all of humanity’ By Peter Kenny- Advocacy for women’s rights and the fight against gender-based violence is not only a concern for...
Bishop Jung: “We commit to engage in and support nonviolent efforts to end all war” In a moving worship service on 8 July in Bethanienkirche, Leipzig, Germany, a pastor from North Korea – Rev....
Improving access to online information and knowledge The UN is significant in monitoring the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression....