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WCC Annual Review 2022

As of 26 April 2023, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Annual Review 2022 is available for download online. The annual review records many of the WCC’s activities undertaken in 2022 and continuing into 2023.

“As you read the Annual Review of 2022, may the pages here open in your own mind new possibilities of understanding, encouragement, excitement, and hope, leading you to work towards justice, reconciliation, and unity!” .WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay. 

Front cover of the WCC Annual Review 2022. Photo: WCC

 Read:

“Christ’s Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity” - WCC publishes its Annual Review 2022 | World Council of Churches |

WCC Annual Review 2022 | World Council of Churches | 

Translations of the WCC Annual Review 2022 in Spanish, French and German will be available in June 2023. 

Sudan Council of Churches Youth Statement  

10 years since abduction of two archbishops of Aleppo

Marking 10 years since the kidnapping of archbishops of Aleppo Paul Yazigi and John Ibrahim, the Middle East Council of Churches held an “Ecumenical Day for the Abducted and the Forcibly Absented” on 24 April.

Read more:

WCC Seminar solemnly commemorates 10 years since abduction of two archbishops of Aleppo | World Council of Churches | 

Middle East Council of Churches sets annual day to pray and educate about abducted people | World Council of Churches | 

Watch the recording of the event 

 “What about the future of our children!” 

	Girls walk to school in Kauda, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic Church sponsors schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/Life on Earth

In a statement on 21 April, the Youth Office of the Sudan Council of Churches reflected on the difficult situation in the nation.

 “Yes to peace as the only opportunity for self-realization in building the desired country,” the message reads. “We demand the opening of humanitarian corridors so that citizens can be evacuated from places of war.”

Read the full statement: Statement by the Youth Office of the Sudan Council of Churches | World Council of Churches | 

Read the WCC article: Youth from Sudan Council of Churches: “What about the future of our children!” | World Council of Churches |