KAIROS Canada and its member churches and agencies are following reports of the escalation of violence between Hamas and Israel with deepening alarm and profound grief. We condemn the violence, particularly against Israeli and Palestinian civilians, which constitutes a war crime.
continue readingThe United Church of Canada and the United Church Pension, as members of SHARE, co-filed a shareholder proposal asking the Royal Bank of Canada and the Bank of Montreal to conduct racial equity audits.
continue readingUnited Church support is reaching partners who are responding to the most urgent needs in the region.
continue readingThe Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, has named the Right Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne as their 2023 Alum of the Year.
continue readingCanadian churches who are members of the World Council of Churches prepared a shadow report to Canada’s Universal Periodic Review.
continue readingThe General Council Executive, its corresponding members, and the members of the National Indigenous Council issued a plea to Prime Minister Trudeau to advocate for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
continue readingHundreds of citizens have expressed deep concern that the Canadian government may be inadvertently enabling continued attacks on human rights and human rights defenders by the Government of the Philippines.
continue readingThe United Church of Canada joins with other civil society organizations in Canada to denounce the anti-LGBTQIA+ bill that passed recently in Uganda.
continue readingThe United Church of Canada joins with the global ecumenical movement and member churches of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in mourning the loss of Dr. Agnes Abuom.
continue readingThe United Church of Canada is deeply concerned about the wildfires raging across our nation.
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