The International Day of Peace, also known as World Peace Day, is celebrated every year on September 21. It was first established by the United Nations in 1981 to promote peace and encourage people to ...

The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development has announced the theme chosen by Pope Francis for the 58th World Day of Peace 2025, which will be celebrated on Jan. 1: “Forgive Us Our ...

Jan. 1 is marked each year as the World Day of Peace, a tradition begun by Pope Paul VI in 1967 and continued by every pope since. Across decades and vastly different global moments, each has insisted ...

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At 11 a.m. on Sept. 21 the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, will take a huge log-size mallet and strike a massive Japanese bell on the United Nations plaza. This act marks ...

CINCINNATI — Faith leaders from across the U.S. came to Cincinnati to celebrate International Day of Peace, calling for unity and healing across racial and political divides. The event, held along the ...

HONOKAA (HawaiiNewsNow) - Residents on Hawaii Island marked the United Nations International Day of Peace Saturday with the safe return of an aid worker who was trapped in Gaza. The 16th Annual Peace ...

On 21 September, United Nations Peacekeeping will commemorate the International Day of Peace with a series of live art installations, hosted at the UN Headquarters in New York and in peacekeeping ...

(CBS DETROIT) — Wayne County community members gathered on Monday for a day of peace. Local leaders, clergy members, and law enforcement joined them as they worked to combat senseless violence.