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WCC: As Gaza faces starvation, global religious voices call for immediate aid and respect for human life
As hunger spreads across Gaza, faith leaders are expanding and amplifying the call for the...
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WCC news: Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem condemn attack in Taybeh
The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, in a statement on 29 July, expressed profound...
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TODAY (7/30/25) – Senate Voting on Arms Sales to Israel
Israel’s use of indiscriminate weapons in Gaza’s densely populated areas has had devastating...
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Sabeel Wave of Prayer: Week of July 28, 2025
Last week, the Israeli Knesset overwhelmingly approved of a symbolic motion calling for the...
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B’Tselem: Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip
In a new report, the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem describes the development of a...
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Statement from ELCJHL Bishop on Israel’s Starvation of Gaza
The following statement was issued by Bishop Dr. Sani Ibrahim Azar, Bishop of the Evangelical...
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Joint Statement: As Mass Starvation Spreads Across Gaza, Our Colleagues and Those We Serve Are Wasting Away
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) - of which the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and...
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WCC expresses deep sorrow, alarm over recent eruption of violence in southern Syria
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed deep alarm and...
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Sabeel Wave of Prayer: Week of July 21, 2025
Last week, Israeli forces bombed the Catholic church in Gaza, killing three people and wounding at...
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CMEP Condemns Attack on Gaza’s Holy Family Catholic Church, Calls for Immediate Ceasefire and Protection of All Civilians and Religious Sites
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) denounces in the strongest possible terms the Israeli...
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WCC news: Patriarch Theophilos III and Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa visit Gaza
His Beatitude Theophilos III, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, and His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista...
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WCC statement on the attack on the Holy Family Church in Gaza
[The following statement was issued by the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, in...
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CMEP Condemns the Killing of Palestinian-American Sayfollah Musallet
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) condemns the brutal settler attack in the West Bank on July...
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CMEP Condemns the Israeli Plan to Forcibly Relocate Palestinians to Camps in Rafah
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) rejects the Israeli government’s revealed plan to forcibly...
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