Member Church and Ecumenical Statements on Violence between Hamas and Israel
Please find below a list of links Ecumenical Statements made by member churches. This list will be updated as needed during the ongoing violence between Hamas and Israel.
Member church statements
ACC + ELCIC statement, October 8, 2023
https://www.anglicanlutheran.ca/statements/statement-on-the-war-in-the-holy-land/
Church leaders call on Canadian government to advocate for the respect of international law in Gaza, October 18, 2023
https://www.anglicanlutheran.ca/statements/church-leaders-call-on-canadian-government-to-advocate-for-the-respect-of-international-law-in-gaza/
Church leaders urge Prime Minister Trudeau to call for a ceasefire and open corridor for humanitarian aid
A response to partners’ requests from the Middle East
https://united-church.ca/news/dear-prime-minister
Development and Peace- Caritas Canada
EN: Gaza crisis: a call to help, a call to peace | Development and Peace (devp.org)
FR: Crise de Gaza : un appel à l’aide, un appel à la paix | Développement et Paix (devp.org)
PCC’s statement.
https://presbyterian.ca/2023/10/10/a-relentless-cycle-of-conflict-inflicting-immeasurable-pain-and-suffering/
UCCanada statement, October 7, 2023:
https://united-church.ca/news/united-church-canada-calls-immediate-ceasefire-israel-and-palestine
MCC Statement and campaign
https://mcc.org/campaign/call-end-violence-palestine-and-israel-canada
WCC statements:
WCC urgently appeals for immediate ceasefire in Israel and Palestine, October 7, 2023
https://www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-urgently-appeals-for-immediate-ceasefire-in-israel-and-palestine
WCC calls for a new approach to conflict in Palestine and Israel, October 13, 2023
https://www.oikoumene.org/resources/documents/statement-wcc-calls-for-a-new-approach-to-the-conflict-in-palestine-and-israel
WCC calls for urgent humanitarian response in Gaza and UN-Led criminal investigation, October 19, 2023
https://www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-calls-for-urgent-humanitarian-response-in-gaza-and-un-led-criminal-investigation
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops CCCB
EN: Statement by the Most Rev. William T. McGrattan, Bishop of Calgary and CCCB President, to the Catholic Faithful in Canada on the Recent Escalation of Conflict in the Holy Land – Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
FR: Déclaration de Mgr William T. McGrattan, évêque de Calgary et président de la CECC, aux fidèles catholiques au Canada sur la récente escalade du conflit en Terre Sainte – Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Mennonite Church Canada Palestine Israel Network
https://www.mennonitechurch.ca/article/16098-mc-canada-pin-statement-on-gaza
Project Ploughshares
https://www.ploughshares.ca/reports/project-ploughshares-condemns-atrocities-in-israel-and-palestine-calls-for-a-ceasefire
Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers)
https://quakerservice.ca/news/donate-to-urgent-humanitarian-relief-efforts-in-gaza/
https://quakerservice.ca/news/quaker-organizations-call-for-a-ceasefire-and-humanitarian-protections-in-gaza/
https://quakerservice.ca/news/in-response-to-the-ongoing-intensity-of-violence-in-palestine-israel/
