My report from Sudan

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WCC urges prayers—and action—for the plight of people in Sudan oikoumene.org/news/wcc-urges…

#WCC urges prayers—and action—for the plight of people in #Sudan

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Many of the conflicts in the world have three common features:
1. Selfish interests of a few whose main objective is to accumulate wealth and power,
2. Strong influence by external actors who benefit from war,
3. Severe and avoidable suffering of ordinary people who want peace.

We must invest into PEACE more than we do into WAR

Standing at the shores of the Red Sea after fruitful engagements in Sudan last night.

We must 'seek peace and pursue it' (1 PETER 3.11)
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While Peter and John[a] were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came to them, 2 much annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming that in Jesus there is the resurrection of the dead. 3 So they arrested them and put…

#LetFreedomSing Stopping the war in SUDAN should be priority for the African Union and IGAD. The human carnage and economic cost is devastating for Sudan and for the rest of the region ! Moussa Faki Mahamat AU Youth Envoy Chido Mpemba AU WPS Bineta Diop William Samoei Ruto, PhD Yoweri K Museveni Presidency | Rwanda

Today we learned that an Israeli military court has placed Palestinian Christian young woman Layan Nasir, who was arrested last week, in administrative detention for four months (renewable). No charges have been presented. Layan is just one of thousands of Palestinians who are in…

This is worrying

As the Green Village project - the future home of the World Council of Churches - takes shape, WCC Staff Leadership Group visited the new office space in the Kyoto building.

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#GreenVillage #Sustainability #Geneva

The World Council of Churches (WCC) World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, on behalf of WCC member churches, sas that the WCC cannot reconcile the Decree of the XXV World Russian People's Council describing the conflict in Ukraine as a “Holy War.”…

The World Council of Churches (WCC) World Council of Churches (WCC) has made new staff appointments during 2024, including three new commission directors.

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His Beatitude Metropolitan Epiphany of Kyiv and All Ukraine visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) World Council of Churches (WCC) on 10 April at the request of the WCC general secretary, the Rev. Prof Dr Jerry Pillay, to discuss the current situation in Ukraine, the role of the Orthodox Church…

🇨🇴🕊️ Churches instrumental as Colombia emerges from conflict, say peace envoys: oikoumene.org/news/churches-…
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Very enlightening interview with Rev Munther Isaac Munther Isaac منذر اسحق

At the conclusion of its 55th regular session,the Human Rights Council, among its 34 resolutions, announced the appointment of the following 14 Special Procedure mandate holders, including my friend, Mr. Ojot Miru OJULU Dr. Ojot Miru Ojulu, as the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of…

'Whoever loves a brother or sister abides in the light, and in such a person there is no cause for stumbling.' 1 John 2.10ff