Apr 14, 2021 | Press release
ECRL President Rev. Dr Thomas Wipf, Secretary General Dr Mark Owen along with ECRL’s Vice Presidents state their support for the open letter of The Church Leaders Group (Ireland): THE CHURCH LEADERS GROUP (IRELAND) PRESS...
Feb 22, 2021 | Press release
Religions for Peace Europe support the official statement published 21 February 2021 With deep distress, Religions for Peace Myanmar, and Religions for Peace International, on behalf of all its regional and national entities, including Religions for Peace Europe,...
Feb 10, 2021 | Press release
ECRL supports the recent statement from the Sri Lanka Council of Religions for Peace, concerning the Last Rites for COVID-19 Victims. Click here to read the statement.
Jan 28, 2021 | Press release
It is with profound sadness that we inform you that our beloved member The Honorable Mehrézia Labidi-Maiza (“Zia”) passed away on 21 January 2021 in her home in Paris. Since 2006 she was Chair of the Global Religions for Peace Women of Faith Network, since 2009...
Dec 14, 2020 | Feature, Press release
‘From Faith to Action’, the two day online inter-religious conference, working to safeguard the lives of migrant children, organised with UNICEF and partners. UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO) hosted an online inter- religious conference, to...
Dec 8, 2020 | Press release
Across the world, religious leaders and policymakers are wrestling with their responsibility to provide protection and build bridges between communities, following the violent attacks we’ve seen recently in Europe. On Tuesday 1st of December, religious leaders,...
Nov 13, 2020 | Press release
The 1st Assembly on Women, Faith and Diplomacy, Keeping Faith and Transforming Tomorrow, took place this week in Lindau, Germany. This global event which took place solely online, highlighted a progressive and unique approach to faith by focusing on...
Nov 10, 2020 | Press release
Keeping Faith and Transforming Tomorrow (10-13 Nov 2020) Chancellor Angela Merkel and UN Secretary General António Guterres open 1st Assembly on Women, Faith, & Diplomacy From November 10 to 13, over 1,000 representatives of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism,...
Nov 10, 2020 | Press release
A position paper prepared in consultation with members and friends of the European Religions for Peace movement, November 2020. Political and diplomatic leadershipAll people, whether religious or secular, need cooperation. We all face the same threats of environmental...
Nov 3, 2020 | Press release, Statement
Like all acts of senseless and inhumane violence, the recent attacks and murders carried out in France and Austria are a source of immeasurable sadness for the members of the European Council of Religious Leaders, the National Interreligious Councils, and the whole...
Oct 30, 2020 | Press release
Last week saw a virtual press conference take place in Lindau, Germany, ahead of the upcoming First Assembly on Women, Faith & Diplomacy, which will now take place online. The First Assembly on “Women, Faith and Diplomacy: Keeping the Faith and Transforming...
Oct 8, 2020 | Press release
The Global Faith for Nature Conference was initiated by the Icelandic government in May this year, which was designed to lay the foundation for inter-faith collaboration for sustainable and regenerative development to achieve the SDGs. The Faith for Nature Conference...
Oct 6, 2020 | Press release
Religions for Peace International Executive Committee An Open Letter to United Nations Secretary-General Mr. António Guterres (in English, French and Spanish) Global Multi-religious Call to Action to the United Nations to join the World’s Religious Communities to...
Aug 17, 2020 | Press release
Distributing Urgent Supplies to Orphans and Vulnerable Families in Albania By Giorgia Lee, Communications for the European Council of Religious Leaders – Religions for Peace Religions for Peace’s Interreligious Council of Albania (IRC Albania)launched a...
Jul 31, 2020 | Press release
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic bombings. To commemorate this momentous and bleak moment in history, there is going to be an online global event with four of the world’s most prominent international interfaith/intercultural...
