As representatives and participants from the United States, British and Canadian churches meeting at the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, we have heard and share the concern of those of other nations about the apparent drift towards military confrontation in Iraq.
02 September 2002
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is calling on the European Union to support the Human Rights Commission resolution, amidst increasing tension and attacks on Palestinian civilians by the Israeli military, in the Middle East.
01 May 2001
Governments need to work in close collaboration with religious communities if they are to carry out effective HIV/AIDS programmes, a World Council of Churches (WCC) team told participants in a meeting at the United Nations (UN).
07 March 2001
The bold idea that began at the World Council of Churches' (WCC) Eighth Assembly in Harare, Zimbabwe, in December 1998, became a reality Sunday (February 4) with the formal launch in Berlin of the Decade to Overcome Violence: Churches Seeking Reconciliation and Peace 2001-2010.
12 February 2001
I write to commend you for your decision to intervene personally in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and to assure you of the prayers of the churches joined in the World Council of Churches as you meet with the respective leaders.
16 October 2000
A major new report published by the World Council of Churches has shown that churches play a crucial role in providing health care in many African and Asian countries.
20 December 1999
It is with regret and a deep sense of loss that the World Council of Churches (WCC) shares the news that His Holiness Karekin I, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians of the Holy See of Etchmiadzin, Armenia, died yesterday at the age of 66.
30 June 1999
In many places around the world people are preparing for the start of a new millennium; some are apprehensive, others full of hope.
29 April 1999
"If we time it right, we can usually get our children's Easter eggs at half price", jokes Peter Bouteneff, executive secretary with the Faith and Order team of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and member of the Orthodox Church in America.
07 April 1999
In this season of Easter, Christians around the world share the profound pain of all those caught up in tragedies such as Kosovo. Our hearts go out to all those who are suffering the terrible consequences of the violence being inflicted on God’s children in this region and in many other parts of the world.
31 March 1999