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UK’s Inter Faith Week and Community Engagement
There is no other country in Europe that has a special week assigned as Inter Faith Week – a yearly occurrence that has been going on since 2009. UK certainly…
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September First, Feast of Creation: Pray, Believe, Live
*By Martin HoeggerHeraklion, October 9, 2025. Two conferences from the symposium on the theology of ecology at the Patriarchal Academy of Crete shed light on the spiritual and ecumenical significance…
Environment
The theology of ecology according to the Orthodox Church and Patriarch Bartholomew
* By Martin Hoegger On 8 and 9 October 2025, the Higher Patriarchal Academy of Crete hosted a scientific and theological symposium on the theme: ‘Towards a just, participatory and…
Christianity
‘The Whole Universe is a Living Gospel’ – Ecology needs a Mystique
* By Martin Hoegger For Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement, nature is not a neutral backdrop but a word of God in the open air. Without directly addressing…
Christianity
Faith and the Challenge of the Earth: Two Voices for a Spiritual Ecology
*By Martin Hoegger Heraklion, 9 October 2025. The Patriarchal Academy of Crete hosted a scientific and theological symposium devoted to the theology of ecology. Two lectures marked the day: one by…
Christianity
John Zizioulas, Prophet of Orthodox Ecology
* By Martin HoeggerThe ecological crisis cannot be resolved by green technologies or international treaties alone. It requires a conversion of the heart and a rediscovery of the spiritual meaning…
Christianity
Apostle Paul Conquers Athens: How Dionysius Accepted the Faith
Athen After the sermon of the Apostle Paul, the heart of Dionysius opened to accept the faith in the true God Today we honor the memory of the holy martyr…
Christianity
The Jewish People and the Church: Rethinking the Legacy of the Council of Nicaea
By Martin Hoegger In 2025, the Church commemorates the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, a decisive moment in its history marked by the confession of Jesus Christ as…
Why Europe still matters as a peacemaker between two nuclear neighbours - India & Pakistan?
Asia
Why Europe still matters as a peacemaker between two nuclear neighbours – India & Pakistan?
As Washington wavers, Moscow falters, and Beijing takes sides, only Europe has the credibility to keep South Asia from sliding into nuclear chaos. Bashy Quraishy :Secretary General - EMISCO -European Muslim…
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The Death Penalty
By Eric Roux Eric Roux is the Chair of the Global Council of the United Religions Initiative (URI), the world’s largest grassroots interfaith network, active in over 110 countries, and…