His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Archbishop of Constantinople, shared a message on the opening of Season of Creation 2024
The World Council of Churches has newly published resources for the 2024 World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, to be observed 16-22 September. This week includes the UN International Day of Peace on 21 September, now in its 25th year
Approximately 3,615 Palestinians are being detained by Israeli authorities, including 40 children and 20 women — Lulu Aranki-Nasir’s 24-year-old Anglican daughter, Layan, is just one of these Palestinians
World Council of Churches leaders have met with the parents of Layan Nasir, a 24-year-old Palestinian Anglican student who has been detained by Israeli authorities — without formal charges — since April 2024: a case emblematic of a broader issue, where individuals are held in detention without formal charges, often for extended periods, without due process