New WCC General Secretary elected
On 17 June 2022, the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches elected Jerry Pillay as its General Secretary, reports the WCC official website.
Dr. Pillay will take up his position on 1 January 2023. He will replace outgoing acting general secretary Rev. Prof Dr Ioan Sauca, who began serving in that position in April 2020, when the previous general secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, was appointed as the presiding bishop of the Church of Norway.
Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria, is a member of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa. He was born in 1965 in Natal, South Africa, to Indian parents and studied at the University of Durban.
Jerry Pillay will become the eighth General Secretary in the WCC’s history since the fellowship of churches was founded in 1948. The General Secretary is the chief executive of the WCC, directs its work and has full responsibility for the work of the Council and its staff.
As the UOJ wrote, the World Council of Churches has called for a more "gender-equal society".
Read also
OCU chaplain: A soldier should not feel guilty for killing enemies
According to a cleric of the OCU, the word “killing” should not even be used in this context.
AFU servicewoman punished by “being sent to the frontline” for defending UOC
An OCU representative explained how commanders punish UOC believers who defend their Church.
UOC church seized after OCU's and UGCC's provocation at soldier's funeral
Supporters of the UGCC brought the body of a soldier into the church, pressuring a UOC priest to conduct the funeral according to the Greek Catholic rite in an Orthodox church.
UOC hierarch calls on the faithful to pray for the return of seized shrine
Metropolitan Theodosiy urged the faithful to communal and personal prayer to Archangel Michael.
Russian Orthodox Church Primate: Christ did not condemn death penalty
The Patriarch added that, although the Church does not welcome the death penalty, it has never condemned it if this punishment is carried out in accordance with the law.
Metropolitan Jonathan appeals sentence to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has requested criminal case files from the Vinnytsia City Court for cassation review.