Category: Open Messages

Voices of Moderation

BRUXELLES – Yesterday began “Voices of Moderation”, a workshop that brings together thirty-five representatives of twenty-eight associations of civil society from seventeen different countries: Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Netherlands, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, Albania, Croatia, Romania, Kosovo and Germany. This workshop represents a very important stage in the Pax

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Pax Christi France and Germany address the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

Fifty-six years after its signature, the Elysée Treaty between France and Germany (1963) was supplemented by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle  of 22 January 2019. We should not forget that the origins of the Pax Christi movement were inspired, to a large extent, by the deep desire for reconciliation between peoples, in particular between the French

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Resources, statement for World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel

The annual World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel is slated for 15-22 September this year. During this week — which includes the International Day of Prayer for Peace on 21 September — church organisations, congregations, and people of faith will be organising worship services, educational events, and acts of support in favour of peace and justice for Israelis and Palestinians…