Vatican City – Recognizing the important role each other plays on the global stage, Pope Francis and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Tuesday at the Vatican, discussing common efforts to promote peace and protect human dignity.
Q and A – Religion, Faith and Love
Q and A – Religion, Faith and Love
ABC Television’s Q and A program on Monday 1 April featured several faith leaders and an atheist discussing Faith and Love
Stepping Stones To Other Religions
In Stepping Stones to Other Religions, Dermot Lane offers an entry into interreligious engagement for Christians (particularly Roman Catholics) in the twenty-first century.
Evaluating Interfaith Dialogue
The United States Institute of Peace has produced a publication, What Works? Evaluating Interfaith Dialogue Programs.
Nayri Niara: Good Spirit Festival
Bruny Island (Tasmania) put on a perfect autumn day for festival goers at Nayri Niara Festival, or the Good Spirit Festival.
Pope Francis directs decisive action
Pope Francis has told the Vatican’s chief doctrinal enforcer he should respond “decisively” to the issue of sexual abuse of minor by clergy, the Vatican said Friday.
Australia’s Religious Communities
Christian Research Australia has produced a record called Australia’s Religious Communities: Facts and Figures which examines the recent census and provides statistical information on 90 religious groups in Australia.
Harmony Day at Boomer Bay
Religions for Peace Tasmania completed Harmony Day Walk through the area burned by the Dunalley Fires.
Heartlands Refugee Art Exhibition
Artist Ma Late, winner of the 2011 Heartlands Refugee Fine Art Prize, will bring her first solo exhibition to the Point Nepean National Park from 16 February – 15 April 2012.
International Women’s Day Reception
Two speakers who have attended major women’s rights meetings at the United Nations addressed a reception following a service held at the Baha’i Temple in Sydney on 24 March to mark International Women’s Day.
The Golden Rule Poster
The Golden Rule Poster is now being distributed in an Australian version, which includes Aboriginal Spirituality among the 13 religions on the poster.
Vale Rev. Doug Dargaville
The Reverend Doug Dargaville, former General Secretary of the Victorian Council of Churches from 1966 – 1982, and again for a time in 1995, passed away on 19 March 2013.
