International Day of Human Fraternity

At the core of all the faith systems and traditions is the recognition that we are all in this together and that we need to love and support one another to live in harmony and peace in an environmentally sustainable world. Our world continues to be beset by conflict and intolerance with a rising number of refugees and the internally displaced in a hostile and unwelcoming world around them. We are also, unfortunately, witnessing messages of hate spreading discord among people .  

  Introduction   Faith drives the believer to see in the other a fellow to be supported and loved. Proceeding from faith in God, Who has created the universe, the creatures and all the human beings equal out of His mercy, the believers are called on to manifest this human fraternity by caring for the creatures and the entire universe and supporting all the people, especially the poorest and the most vulnerable. Proceeding from this transcendental sense, and through several meetings brimming with a sense of fraternity and friendship, we exchanged views on the modern world's joys, sorrows and crises. This is done at the level of scientific and technical progress, therapeutic achievements, digital era, modern media, as well as at the level of poverty, wars, and the sufferings of our fellow brothers and sisters in different parts of the world. Such sufferings are the result of the arms race, social injustice, corruption, inequality, moral decay, terrorism, racism, extremism, ...