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Editor,
I was thrilled to read the article on the 2023 Parliament of World Religions in your Sept. 6 issue. I was fortunate to attend this gathering in Chicago this year, as well as the 2018 Parliament in Toronto. The work being done year round, across the globe, by communities and by the leaders of world religions to address critical issues we face today is encouraging and meaningful. I come away from these gatherings inspired and hopeful. Our news outlets cover the disintegration of structures for the most part and rarely, if ever, the progress being made on the ground community by community to address these issues and create a new way of being together. I was reminded in some of the sessions of the ways in which interfaith partnerships bring about important change in communities. The Missoula Interfaith organization also engages in these ways. Partnering with other community organizations they address homelessness, climate change and other important issues. Hans Kung, an important Catholic theologian, was instrumental in creating the first Declaration of a Global Ethic at the 1993 Parliament and is responsible for the quote that “there will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions”. The Declaration of a Global Ethic is a living document guiding the Parliament of World Religions. At the 2018 Parliament a new section on climate change was added and adopted. If you have a chance please read the declaration. If you care about community health and vitality and peace and security for all people, I think you will find it encouraging and will want to add your efforts to it’s achievement.
Donna Mollica
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