Day of Prayer for Peace
A significant occasion was the Day of Prayer for Peace, held
in Assisi on 27th October 1986, at the initiative of his Holiness
Pope John Paul II. It has acquired an almost symbolic value. It
showed to the world a new image of the human family, with its
fundamental unity and marked by a common thirst for higher
ideals. As Pope John Paul II. said, on that day Christian
believers and the followers of different religious traditions
pledged their common respect and obedience to conscience,
which teaches us all to seek the truth, to love and serve all
individuals and all peoples.
