It was as if the U.N. unanimously took in Communist China and all the new African and Asian nations in a single morning session. For the World Council of Churches is roughly an ecclesiastical ...

When the World Council of Churches was being formed, invitations were sent to the pre-Reformation churches—Roman Catholic, Greek and Russian Orthodox—but only the Greek Orthodox Church accepted.

The Nigerian Inter-Religious Council has urged organisers of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest to halt the nationwide demonstration, lamenting that lives and properties are being lost during ...

Faith communities have long offered sanctuary to refugees in their journey to safety, as first responders meeting protection or service delivery needs and supporting communities to find solutions such ...

(RNS) — In August, the World Methodist Council, an umbrella group of Methodist denominations, meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden, elected the Rev. Debra Wallace-Padgett president of the council.

The Government of the Republic of Moldova, Religions for Peace, and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, hosted a delegation of leaders of the world’s diverse faith traditions, the Multi-Religious Council of ...