Our community is working tirelessly to bring peace and justice in all areas of the world regardless of religion. Read stories straight from the organizers.
Last Sunday, Bishop William Swing, Founding Trustee and President Emeritus, delivered a sermon at Grace Cathedral, in San Francisco.
In his words: "Next week, we will elect a president of the United States. Among the myriad responsibilities that go with the office, none is of greater magnitude than the use of nuclear weapons."
Between August and September 2021, the URI AL&C Online Youth Training organized by the URI Global Program for the participation of youth was developed with the intervention of 15 young people from the CCs: Aflaiai, Constructores de Puentes, Teusaquillo, Mukua, Quinaroes , COEMATI, The Descendants of Guatemaya, Samay, ACRE from the countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama and Venezuela.
The Bell of Peace and Friendship is a labor of love, as interfaith peacebuilding so often is. We are grateful to have it as a reminder of good, hope, and collaboration!
Strong, collaborative institutions are the first step to equitable access to health and other basic rights. URI Africa welcomes the African Union's intention to establish a Pan-African Center for Disease Control.
Allowing younger generations to explore different faiths and cultures is an important step in community bridge-building, as URI Bulgaria's first youth summer camp shows!
Aug 08, 2016. I would like to share that this morning during the Holy Mass on August 6, the Nuclear Prayer of the Rt. Rev. William E. Swing was read jointly by a group of Dominican priests and students at St. Albert's Chapel in Lahore, Pakistan.
The URI community marks the 71st Anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a prayer calling for the global abolition of nuclear weapons.