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The Sunday 23 September event, involving Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists and Baha’i is one of the hundreds of ways churches and others in various regions of the world are observing the 21 September as an international day of prayer for peace.
In Mexico City, a coalition called Movement for Peace with Dignity and Justice is bringing civil society organizations together for 10 days of action and prayer leading up to 21 September.
In Adelaide, Australia, local media personalities and members of parliament will give short talks at a community peace fair organized by local parishes and Act for Peace, the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia.
In Davao City, southern Philippines, civic organizations are staging a day-long Peace Fair celebrating six paths to peace, namely: cultivating inner peace, dismantling a culture of war, living with justice and compassion, building intercultural respect and solidarity, promoting human rights and living in harmony with the earth.
Each year the World Council of Churches (WCC) calls for this day of prayer for peace in conjunction with the UN-sponsored International Day of Peace.
Some 160 parishes and related groups are joining On Earth Peace, a Church of the Brethren ministry in the US, to pray for ceasefires and other halts to violence. Participants are from 15 denominations in 10 countries.
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This article highlights quotes from historical and Catholic sources proving the Papacy's aggressive nature.
An Italian mystic. A minister to a British king. An Augustine monk. A Swiss farmer's boy. What do these men have in common? They were used by God in powerful ways to bring about the Protestant Reformation. Enter into the lives of these ordinary people with extraordinary stories.
Inspiration for these articles comes from Gideon and Hilda Hagstoz' Heroes of the Reformation