Greetings to our fellow stewards in our Journey toward lasting Peace…. We are overcome with joy and expectation as we are about to receive His Holiness Pope Francis. The long years toward this coming together of the various faiths in our region brings us hope for a future filled with peace and a greater understanding […]
Read MoreDear Brothers and Sisters, On Thursday, 6 th December 2018, the Holy See and the Government of the UAE announced the visit of Pope Francis to Abu Dhabi from the late evening of 3 rd February to midday of 5th February 2019. We are happy and grateful that Pope Francis accepted the invitation of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed […]
Read MoreKelly Clarke Filed on January 27, 2019 | Last updated on January 27, 2019 at 06.57 am Today marks the one-week countdown to Pope Francis’s visit to the UAE, the first such visit by a pope to the Middle East. Today marks the one-week countdown […]
Read MoreDecember 4, 2018 New York City On December 4th, IPI, One Earth Future, UN Office for Partnerships, UN Peacebuilding Support Office, UN Global Compact, and the Permanent Mission of Republic of Korea launched a workshop series designed to catalyze engagement across public and private sectors and build […]
Read More21 September 2018, Paris France On the occasion of the celebration of the International Day of Peace on 21 September UNESCO orangized a roundtable discussion on the complex but intrinsic relationship between human rights and sustainable peace. Through intergenerational and intercultural dialogue, participants began to assess efforts undertaken and opportunities to strengthen UNESCO’s work […]
Read MoreMonday, 30 July 2018 – 9:00am to Tuesday, 31 July 2018 – 5:00pm Beirut, Lebanon UNESCO and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly organized a 2-day regional meeting that aims to review and collect experiences, good practices and lessons learnt of the first phase of the Shughel Shabab campaign and […]
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JOSHUA J. MCELWEE VATICAN CITY February 17, 2015 Pope Francis on Tuesday offered prayers for 21 Coptic Christians in Egypt murdered by the so-called Islamic State, asking that God “welcome them as martyrs.” The pontiff, speaking in his daily morning homily at Casa Santa Marta, also cried out again for a stop to conflicts around […]
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In his peace message titled “Nonviolence: a Style of Politics for Peace,” the Holy Father says, “When victims of violence are able to resist the temptation to retaliate, they become the most credible promoters of nonviolent peacemaking. “In the most local and ordinary situations and in the international order, may nonviolence become the hallmark of our […]
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Heroes rise through courageous acts toward their fellow human beings. Despite the tragic events in Paris that has once again filled the world with fear, we see a glimpse of courage in our midst that transcends ethnicity and religious idealogy -24-year-old, Lassana Bathily, a Muslim, was in the Paris grocery store’s underground stockroom when Amedy […]
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Pope Francis embraces three children during his visit to the University of Santo Tomas in Manila on January 18, 2015. Pope Francis will celebrate mass with millions in the Philippine capital on January 18 in what could be the world’s biggest papal gathering, capping off a dramatic trip in the Catholic Church’s Asian heartland. (AFP) […]
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