Oikocredit, a global economic justice and economic development tool conceived at the World Council of Churches, is ...

The World Council of Churches has added its voice to UN agencies expressing grave concern over reports from El Fasher, in ...

Three of the world's biggest Christian organizations have joined in Rome for an unprecedented move: a unified statement on ...

China has arrested scores of Christian pastors in a sweeping crackdown on unregistered churches, which illustrates President ...

President Donald Trump says he has ordered the U.S. Defence Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria as he accuses the West African nation of not doing enough to stem violence ...

Christians meeting in Egypt, 1,700 years after a key event in the history of their faith, have reaffirmed their commitment to the Nicene Creed, which states, "We affirm one, holy, catholic and ...

It is one of the world's smallest armies and is said to be the oldest operating in the tiniest state on the planet. Now the ...

The World Council of Churches has praised reforms proposed by the United Nations, but notes that more needs to be done, including reform of the Security Council, which is currently dominated by the ...

Pope Francis has called for negotiations to end Ukraine's war in a Christmas Day message where he appealed for the laying down of weapons in global conflicts and reconciliation between enemies.

A UN-hosted high-level event has provided a platform to come together to examine how to prevent and address violations against children swept into armed conflict, with worldwide religious ...

A Roman Catholic priest from Nigeria, Father Lawrence Iwuamadi, is the new academic dean of the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, just outside Geneva. It is not the first time ...

The Gospel must not be instrumentalized by politics – and churches should never apologize for reading the Bible or for preaching the Gospel, the World Council of Churches moderator Bishop Heinrich ...