Speech
C. Gerlicz: Great Projects as Potential Peace Engines
Humanity has always sought to gather around great projects to decrease social tensions or transcend political, ethnic, or religious boundaries. This has been particularly true since second half of the twentieth century.
O. Alvarez: Peace in the Americas
We are in times of crisis. Economic growth has been interrupted and there is a growing recession comparable to the 1929 crisis. It is a global economic crisis that was born in the US and transmitted to Europe, Japan, China, Mexico, Argentina, and Latin America in general. It demonstrates that we are interconnected and interdependent.
I. Odinga: The Beauty of Diversity
D. and M. Živković: Promoting Marriage and Family in Croatia
We are promoting lifelong joyful, successful and beautiful marriages and families in Croatia. We believe this is achievable by everybody who desires it and uses proper methods to realise it. The Family Center promotes and helps development of family based on freely and personally chosen, tender, active, respectful to oneself and other, growing, unconditional, irrevocable, serious and mature love between one woman and one man, and similar such love by both of them toward all their children.
N. Gulliford: Ways Municipal Councils Can Promote Marriage
Municipal Councils run marriage registry offices but don't make the best use of this responsibility. Those interested in this subject may like to see what I wrote at Conservative Home Platform under the theme, "The Government could be doing much more to encourage strong relationships." The excellent news since then has been the announcement during her speech to the Conservative Party Conference on 30th September by Maria Miller MP, Shadow Minister for the Family.
E. Hartley: Address to Focus Group on Marriage and Family
Address at a session on Marriage and Family, London, UK, Nov. 22, 2008.
P.Z. Ismail: The Root of Peace Is the Family
J. de Venecia: The Philippine Proposal for an Interreligious Council at the UN
De Venecia reports on the background and progress of the Philippine proposal. He highlights the support of Philippine President Arroyo, U.S. President George Bush, and others.
S. Shushkevich: Bering Strait, a Bridge of the Future
Elementary logic would demonstrate that a bridge across the Bering Strait is not a commercial project, not some scheme, however great may be the risks involved, no business venture thought up by some entrepreneur, however far-fetched.
Y.D. Kim: Love and Mercy as Forces of Change
Humankind has always dreamed of a happy, prosperous life in a free and righteous society. Despite such dreams, however, humanity has been suffering from minor and major wars, disputes, and conflicts.
A. Wilson: “Tikkun Olam" in Jerusalem
The renowned sixteenth-century Kabbalist Isaac Luria taught that God created the world by forming vessels of light to hold the Divine Light.
T. Walsh: The Bering Strait Project
F. Razak: Transformative Experiences in Religious Youth Service
At the end of a Religious Youth Service project in Hungary, a Jewish participant told me, "When I see a Muslim I think they want to kill me. But somehow, you have shown me that not all Muslims want to kill Jews. If you ever come to Israel, you are welcome to my house.” That statement changed my life.
S. Olusola: Humanitarian Concerns
The central concerns of Ambassadors for Peace in many African countries are the human beings who are left after the bombs have exploded, the warriors have marched off, the rivers polluted, and the farmlands wasted. Invariably they are widows and orphans, while among the male adults who still breathe, many are blind, limbless, or living with multiple other incapacities. These conditions, which are prevalent in many African countries, have engaged the attention of the volunteers of the African Refugees Foundation.
S.M. Moon: Inaugural Address of the Universal Peace Federation, September 2005
Declaring the world to be at a pivotal "historic turning point," Reverend Dr. Sun Myung Moon asked an international peace gathering to consider, "Can everlasting world peace take root, or are we doomed to repeat the 20th century's dark and oppressive history of war and conflict?" Addressing a standing-room-only house in Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, Father Moon spoke on the topic, "God's Ideal Family: The Model for World Peace." The address marked the inauguration of the Universal Peace Federation. Read on to find the address.
S.M. Moon: The Path to World Peace in View of God's Will, October 2001
Inter-religious reconciliation and cooperation is an essential condition for world peace. If religions only emphasize narrow-minded denominationalism and fail to teach true love for God and the universe, we will never free humankind from the horrors of war. In the face of this global crisis, religious leaders have to practice true love, humbly following God's Will, walking hand in hand beyond the boundaries of their own religion.