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Zayed Award for Human Fraternity

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Zayed Award for Human Fraternity

The Zayed Award for Human Fraternity has today announced Their Majesties King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein and Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan as honorees of the 2022 award, alongside Haitian humanitarian organization FOKAL.

Inspired by the co-signing of the Document on Human Fraternity by His Holiness Pope Francis and His Eminence Grand Imam of Al-Azhar in Abu Dhabi in 2019, the award recognises the honorees for their contributions to building a more peaceful, harmonious and compassionate world based on the values of human fraternity.

This year’s award was decided by an independent judging committee, composed of former heads of state, a Nobel peace laureate, and experts in interfaith and intercultural dialogue drawn from around the world.

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Global Prayers for Ukraine: a multi-faith service for peace and freedom in a hurting world

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Global Prayers for Ukraine

The Parliament of the World’s Religions and The Committee of Religious NGOs at the UN, in partnership with communities of faith, invite people and communities of faith, spirituality, and conscience to join the “Global Prayers for Ukraine: a multi-faith service for peace and freedom in a hurting world”.

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Vatican offers to mediate negotiations between Russia and Ukraine

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Vatican flag flies above St Peters

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state and Pope Francis’ top lieutenant, said in an interview to Italian papers on Monday (Feb. 28) that the Holy See is willing to mediate between the two warring parties in the conflict in Ukraine.

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Father Rod Bower leaves Gosford

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Father Rod Bower at Gosford
It may not be as thought-provoking, politically charged, or controversial as his other church signs but his final one is just as to the point.

Father Rod Bower is leaving Gosford Anglican Church for a job at Lake Macquarie.

After 22 years at the church, Father Bower says his most memorable sign was about LGBTQI+ rights.

There are plans for his successor to continue crafting clever signs

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Seeds of Awakening: An experiential interfaith event

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Interfaith Centre of Melbourne

The Interfaith Centre of Melbourne, St Michael’s Uniting Church and Sancta Sophia Meditation Community warmly invite you to our World Interfaith Harmony Week Event for 2022, Seeds of Awakening: An experiential interfaith event, on Sunday, 27 Feburary 2022 at 3:00pm.

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Transformation and tranquility in a time of adversity

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Transformation and tranquility in a time of adversity

In observance of World Interfaith Harmony Week, the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations – in collaboration with multiple faith organisations – invite you to join representatives across faith and spiritual traditions as we come together in prayerful intention for: transformation within ourselves and then within communities we serve, transcendence of the challenges we face, and tranquility as we strive to rebuild with resilience, especially among the most vulnerable.

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UN World Interfaith Harmony Week Lecture 2022

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World Interfaith Harmony Week Logo - smallOn Tuesday 1 February 2022, Religions for Peace Australia (Victoria Branch and Tasmania Branch and the Multifaith Association of South Australia hosted the annual UN World Interfaith Harmony Week Lecture – online. The lecture was given by Professor Douglas Ezzy, Professor of Sociology, University of Tasmania. The topic addressed by Professor Ezzy was Religious freedom, discrimination, and living well together.

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