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Patent agreement welcomed as step to improve HIV treatment

As we mark World Aids Day 2015, the World Council of Churches-Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (WCC-EAA) welcomes a licence agreement between the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) for Daclatasvir, an important direct acting antiviral that is proven to help cure multiple genotypes of the hepatitis C virus (HCV).

01 December 2015

Climate change victims need help to adapt or move on Archbishop Makgoba says

People suffering from the catastrophic effects of climate change need help to adapt or – where the effects are so significant that adaption is not a possibility – they need help to move on, the Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba said.

27 November 2015

Church leaders urge "safe passage" to those seeking refuge

The suffragan bishop in Europe, the Rt Revd Dr David Hamid, has joined other bishops and church leaders from a number of denominations in calling for safe passage to those seeking refuge.

30 October 2015

Communique from the Church Leaders' consultation on the European Refugee Crisis

Communiqué from the Church Leaders' Consultation on the European Refugee Crisis, organised by the World Council of Churches, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria and the Evangelical Church in Germany, meeting in Kardinal-Wendel-Haus, Munich on 29 October 2015.

30 October 2015

Anglicans join interfaith group in pushing for action on climate change

As representatives from almost 200 countries conclude their final round of negotiations in Bonn, Germany, this week, ahead of December’s UN-led international conference on climate change in Paris.

23 October 2015

Tributes paid to India's ecumenical leader

A senior bishop of the Methodist Church in India, Dr Taranath Sagar, a leading figure in the country’s ecumenical movement, has died this week after a heart attack.

22 October 2015

WCC concerned about increasing violence in Jerusalem

The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has written to church leaders in Israel and Palestine to “express the concern and solidarity of the global ecumenical fellowship” in light of increasing violence in and around Jerusalem.

20 October 2015

Sudan and South Sudan ecumenical bodies hear of churches' role in regional peace

Churches continue to play their role in peace building for South Sudan despite the dashed hopes of many in the world’s newest nation, the moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) said at a regional meeting.

19 October 2015

WCC condemns foreign military intervention in Syria

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has expressed grave concern over the dramatic escalation of the conflict in Syria and called for an end to foreign military interventions in the war-torn country.

14 October 2015

Symposium explores ethics of evangelization and conversion

Participants look at landmark statement on Christian witness in a multi-religious world

02 October 2015