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“No further bloodshed,” says NCCKenya to President William Ruto

July 08, 2024

The Executive Committee of the National Council of Churches of Kenya urges the government to “Listen to the People of Kenya” and calls for seven days of mourning.

Kairos Palestine Responds to the World Council of Churches Statement

July 03, 2024

WCC statement is eight months’ too late, Kairos Palestine says, and ignores seven decades of “brutal colonization.” Churches, and ecumenically, the WCC, must avoid neutrality.

Stop the killings! Stop the attacks! Foster a just peace in the Philippines!

Join an Interfaith Call for Peace in the Philippines

June 17, 2024

Far too many people have been killed in the Philippines. Show your solidarity by joining an interfaith call for peace.

A young child receives treatment in a medical clinic in Rafah

Screams from under Fire: An Update from Partners in Gaza

June 14, 2024

Despite exhaustion, limited resources, and harsh working conditions, their thoughts occupied with the safety of their own loved ones, DSPR medical teams continue work in the most marginalized areas under constant airstrikes and shelling.

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United Church Calls for Arms Embargo on Israel

June 11, 2024

The United Church writes to Prime Minister Trudeau: To defend and protect the sanctity of international law, Canada must implement an immediate, binding and comprehensive arms trade embargo on Israel

Six denominations unite their efforts for a just and lasting peace

June 06, 2024

Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimages build political will, MPs tell church leaders during meetings on May 22. Ecumenical effort urged all parties to take stronger, more decisive action.

People holding a United Church banner and signs calling for peace march along an Ottawa street.

National Church Leaders Call for Peace in Palestine and Israel

May 22, 2024

National Canadian church leaders, including Moderator the Right Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne, marched on Parliament Hill in Ottawa today in a call for peace in Palestine and Israel.

There Is a Place for All

May 15, 2024

For months, humanitarian agencies have sounded the alarm against any military offensive in Rafah, where thousands who have been displaced multiple times are forced to seek shelter.