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@oikoumenewcc.bsky.socialGovernments signed a ten-year promise on growing old. Churches asked where they belong in it. #HealthyAgeing
➡️ https://www.oikoumene.org/news/webinar-asks-what-churches-owe-older-people-in-an-ageing-world
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@oikoumenewcc.bsky.socialThe commitments are already signed. What is missing is delivery.
African churches and eco-justice groups have launched Africa Can't Wait, ahead of COP32 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
📷 Valter Hugo Muniz/WCC
@oikoumenewcc.bsky.social2 theologians, one book on peace and ecology. Free, in German and English. #ClimateJustice
@oikoumenewcc.bsky.socialPeace cannot be built on an economy that runs on war. The Lutheran World Federation
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@oikoumenewcc.bsky.socialWCC online learning series, Session 3: Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World, 28 Sept.
📷 Chady Chata/WCC
@oikoumenewcc.bsky.social$26bn spent, $365bn needed yearly. Grants, not loans. @FranciscansIntl @lutheranworld @christian_aid
🔗 https://www.oikoumene.org/news/faith-groups-carry-a-grants-not-loans-demand-toward-
@oikoumenewcc.bsky.socialWorld Council of Churches (WCC), at UNCCD's COP17: land won't be restored without communities who hold it.
🔗 https://oikoumene.org/news/wcc-leaves-cop17-in-ulaanbaatar-with-the-same-land-question 📷 Mongolian Presss Agency
@oikoumenewcc.bsky.social1 September: 300 million Orthodox faithful ask a hard climate question. Metropolitan Serafim Kykotis reflects. https://www.oikoumene.org/blog/a-day-of-prayer-a-decade-of-action-for-climate-justice 📷 Albin Hillert/WCC
@oikoumenewcc.bsky.socialNew feast, first since 1983: the Feast of Creation in Christ opened Season of Creation. #SeasonOfCreation https://oikoumene.org/news/season-of-creation-2026-opens-with-living-water-and-a-new-feast 📷 LWF/Albin Hillert
@oikoumenewcc.bsky.socialWhat should climate finance deliver? WCC joins Franciscans International, The Lutheran World Federation and other partners at HRC63, Geneva, 7 Sept.
🔗 https://www.oikoumene.org/events/hrc63-side-event-climate-finance-for-human-rights-resilience-and-justice
@oikoumenewcc.bsky.socialWCC led workshops at the European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN) Assembly on climate justice. https://www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-leads-climate-justice-workshops-at-ecen-assembly 📷 ECEN
@oikoumenewcc.bsky.socialEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: humanity must "cast aside the illusion" of an Earth without limits. https://www.oikoumene.org/news/patriarch-bartholomew-calls-for-global-ecological-solidarity 📷 Albin Hillert/WCC
@oikoumenewcc.bsky.social"Christ is the firstborn of all creation . . . all things were created in heaven and on earth." Watch: https://ow.ly/ewUE50ZHfrY
More about the Season of Creation here: https://ow.ly/jE9P50ZHfs0
@oikoumenewcc.bsky.socialWorld Council of Churches (WCC) meets in Panama, 26-28 Aug, for the NIFEA Consultation on Economy of Peace.
🔗 https://www.oikoumene.org/news/churches-to-tackle-war-economies-at-panama-consultation
📷 Robyn Sekula/Presbyterian Foundation
@oikoumenewcc.bsky.socialTwenty-one church leaders, five communions, nine days in Panama City studying debt and tax justice.
Read: https://www.oikoumene.org/news/gem-school-shows-21-leaders-that-another-economy-is-possible
📷 Robyn Sekula/Presbyterian Foundation
@oikoumenewcc.bsky.socialAs communities face record heat, wildfires and floods, the WCC joins the 2026 Season of Creation.
➡️ https://www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-to-join-season-of-creation-prayer-amid-climate-extremes
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