Director of the Catholic Center for Studies and Media in Jordan Fr. Dr. Rif'at Bader has left for Germany to take part in the Religions for Peace 10th World Assembly, under the theme “Caring for our Common Future ̶ Advancing Shared Well-being.”

''The Religions for Peace'', in partnership with the Foundation Peace Dialogue of the World Religions and Civil Society'', convene this multi-religious gathering of religious communities – from 20-23 August 2019.

This assembly,opened by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will be undertaken with the generous support of the German Federal Foreign Office and the Bavarian State. The European branch of “Religions for Peace”, the “European Council of Religious Leaders” includes leaders from Judaism, Christianity and Islam as well as Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs and Zoroastrians.

The conference is a global in scale, multi-stakeholder in composition and action-oriented. Some 800 senior religious leaders, youth and women of faith from over 100 countries are joined by 100 representatives of governments, intergovernmental organizations and civil society groups to forge multi-stakeholder partnerships for the common good.

Previous Religions for Peace Assemblies resulted in highly effective multi-religious projects in peace-building and development in all word regions. The assembly is itself a time of multi-religious action. Religious leaders coming from zones of conflict will engage in conflict mediation sessions among additional religious leaders and other key stakeholders. These private Track II peace consultations in previous assemblies have resulted in highly positive outcomes in the Balkans, West Africa, the Middle East, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. National inter-religious councils (IRCs) and groups will exchange best practices to become better equipped to take concrete action on the ground in their own countries.

Every 5-7 years, Religions for Peace convenes a world assembly for the purpose of forging a deep moral consensus on contemporary challenges, electing a new World Council and advancing multi-religious action across and beyond the Religions for Peace network.