[World Council of Churches] In a statement entitled “Yearning for Just Peace in Europe,” the World Council of Churches Executive Committee recalled with heavy hearts that the war in Ukraine has now passed 1,000 days.
“Each of those days has been marked by the blood of so many civilians as well as combatants killed and maimed, the traumatic displacement of communities, and the destruction of homes, livelihoods and civilian infrastructure,” the statement reads. “We reaffirm our Christian calling and desire for peace, and for the justice without which peace is unsustainable.”
The statement calls all churches and all people of good will to concerted efforts for peace in the region and around the world. It also supports all initiatives to bridge the current conflict. “This war must end,” the statement reads. “The killing and destruction must stop.”
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