Peace prayers and impulses: Munich sets signs for peace!

Peace prayers and impulses: Munich sets signs for peace!

Agnes-Pockels-Bogen 33, 80992 München, Deutschland - From 14 to 16 February 2025, Munich again becomes the center of international security policy if the 61st Munich security conference opens its gates. In addition to delegates from all over the world, church organizations have also prepared comprehensive initiatives to support peace and dialogue. A peace light at the Munich Airport will burn in the Christophorus chapel, and prayer texts in German and English will be provided, as the press office of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising announced. The prayer week "Munich prays" accompanies the meeting, which is also concerned with the religious dimension of conflicts this year. Delegates are received, among other things,) Cardinal Reinhard Marx and Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh, while a symposium entitled "Security in Europe: Religious Dimensions of War and Moral Responsibility for Peace" in cooperation with the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and the Catholic University of Lwiw takes place, as reported by Kathpress .

diverse peace initiatives and offers

On February 14th, an ecumenical prayer of peace with the title "Hope Vol (L) K" will take place in the Holy Spirit Church, followed by prayer impulses in the Bürgersaalkirche. This is part of a larger initiative in which representatives of all major beliefs will meet on February 16 for a prayer of peace in Sankt Bonifaz. On February 19, virtual peace meditation will also be offered, in which you can easily participate from home. In the middle of these important events, the messages of the churches and the international peace movement are clear and clear: Peace requires use and dialogue.