Assisi (4th and 5th Sept 2006), hometown of the catholic Saint Francis proofed once more that it's not in vain also known as "City of Peace". At this medieval town, 20 years ago for the first time, Pope John Paul II. invited religious leaders and representants from all over the world to meet for an interreligious dialog.
Since that time the catholic Community of St. Egidio (www.sanegidio.org) continues to do a remarkable job in organizing these interreligious encounters once a year in a different city around the world as a sign for peace.
Photo: religious leaders and pilgrims from all over the world - setting a sign for peace in getting together in Assisi, Italy for the conference "for a world of peace" - The photo shows the touching end of the conference where a minute of absolute silence (amongst thousands of people that were talking loudly before!) was one of the impressive highlights.
Photo: Walking together for Peace... Representants of various religions joined the peace procession toward the Basilica of St. Francis
Photo: people like Berl Lazar, the Chief Rabbi of the Russian Federation (1st right), Jean Vanier, Founder of L' Arche for Handicapped(2nd right)and Luigi Stucchi from the Vatican (1st left) were not only invited to talk about "Love of God - Love for One's Neighbour" but are already putting into practice what the topic is all about.
(to be continued below)
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