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Conference and AGM 2021 once again online
08 July 2021. It is with great regret that the Board of Church and Peace decided not to hold the 2021 International Conference as a face-to-face event in Strasbourg, France, as planned. The ongoing pandemic, travel restrictions and thus the likely exclusion of some...
Letter to the Churches in France: Christian call to resist the rhetoric of fear
Compiègne, 21 June 2021.
The members of the French-speaking network of Church and Peace have written a letter to the churches in France. They wish to draw their attention to recent statements by French leaders who associate the role of the police with that of the army, implying a situation of civil war.
2021 International Conference and Annual General Meeting
Registration is now open for the international conference in Strasbourg from 2-5 September 2021 on “Images of God and Nonviolence”.
Resisting Politics of Division
On 19 April 2021, Church and Peace hosted an online conversation on “The Politics of Division” and the question whether the UK government was using an agenda of ‘white nationalism’ to divide communities.
20 years Charta Oecumenica
Wethen, 22 April 2021. The commitments of the Charta Oecumenica, signed by the European churches today 20 years ago, are also a challenge for Church and Peace. Chair Antje Heider-Rottwilm reflects.
Transforming Unpeaceful Relationships
16 March 2021. “Building Peace from the ground up” was the theme of our recent Church and Peace Britain and Ireland regional conference on 13 March 2021 co-organised with the Fellowship of Reconciliation UK. Thinking about a world which seems to be overwhelmed by hatred manifesting itself both in physical forms and through hate speech, we felt blessed in having a range of inspiring speakers who shared their experience and wisdom with us in keynote addresses and in workshops.
Church and Peace comments on recent security policy decisions of the EU
Wethen, 25 Feburary 2021 – On 1 January 2021, a new era of the European Union began with Brexit, but also with the new budget phase of the Multiannual Financial Framework (2021-2027). In a statement, the Board of Church and Peace has evaluated some of the available arms and security policy decisions taken under the German EU Council Presidency.
Online Conversation on UK Politics of Division
On 19th April 2021, Church and Peace in Britain and Ireland is hosting an online conversation on „The Politics of Division - is the UK government pursuing a "white nationalist" agenda to split our communities?“ Join us on zoom to discuss this issue! We will hear...
Interfaith Statement on the TPNW
Wethen, 22 January 2021 Church and Peace joins a wide coalition of faith-based communities around the world in welcoming the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons' entering into force on 22 January 2021 in a joint interfaith statement. The signatories...
Nuclear Weapons are Banned – a Historic Day
22 January 2021 – The ban is here! Church and Peace members across Europe are celebrating the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) finally entering into force on 22 January 2021. And they are pushing for even more ratifications.