Interfaith peace meeting in Assisi marks 40 years since 1986 gathering

Representatives from more than 50 countries and several religions opened the International Meeting for Peace in Assisi on 25 October, forty years after the 1986 interfaith prayer gathering, under the theme "Unarmed and Disarming Peace." Speakers, including Sudanese rights advocate Hala Alkarib, urged faith institutions to turn speeches into action as violence in Sudan spreads across the Horn of Africa. The event shows multi-faith cooperation increasingly presented as a moral authority for global peace, a pattern worth watching against Scripture's warnings about peace and safety offered apart from Christ (1 Thessalonians 5:3).