{"id":2862,"date":"2022-04-12T09:38:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T07:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2022-04-12T09:38:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T07:38:10","slug":"fr-ioan-sauca-god-is-on-the-side-of-those-who-are-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/04\/12\/fr-ioan-sauca-god-is-on-the-side-of-those-who-are-suffering\/","title":{"rendered":"Fr Ioan Sauca: \u201cGod is on the side of those who are suffering\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The World Council of Churches (WCC) has, since the first day of the war in Ukraine and even in the months before, been working and praying earnestly for peace in this conflict and throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the beginning, the WCC has called for an immediate end to armed hostilities, to stop the war and has appealed also for an immediate end to indiscriminate attacks with an escalating impact on civilians in Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WCC News met online with the WCC acting general secretary Rev. 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