Brahma Kumaris Recognized as “Ambassador for Peace” by Universal Peace Federation, Portugal

Libson ( Portugal, Europe ): Leaders from four religious spheres took part in the national inauguration of the Interreligious Association for Peace and Development (IAPD).

The Universal Peace Federation (UPF) held the online program with the theme “Contributions of Interreligious Harmony for Peace and Development.”

After the International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP), another UPF association, was inaugurated in the Portuguese Parliament in 2018, the work of the interreligious association intensified in 2019. Good ties of proximity and friendship were created with various religious leaders.

The event had an online audience of nearly 80 participants and the involvement of leaders from four religious spheres: Christianity (four denominations), Hinduism (two communities), Eastern philosophies (two entities), and Islam (one community).

UPF invited four distinguished speakers:

Professor Paulo Mendes Pinto – Lusophone University, Science of Religions;
Dr. Ajit Hansraj –Hindu Community of Portugal;
Teresa Prim – Brahma Kumaris;
Elder Joaquim Moreira – Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

In addition, eight Portuguese religious leaders took part in a beautiful “peace offering,” which was filmed and shown at the inauguration. Leaders of the Hindu Community of Portugal, Brahma Kumaris, Sheicho no-Ie, the Catholic Church, the Congregation of Marist Brothers, the Anglican Church, the Lusitanian Church, and Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU) each offered a representative prayer.

Ten leaders from the interreligious area were appointed as Ambassadors for Peace—including Teresa Prim from Brahma Kumaris and a representative of the Municipality of Odivelas, a longtime partner in the interreligious area.

The Universal Peace Federation acknowledges as Ambassadors for Peace those individuals whose lives and decisions are rooted in the “logic of love” and guided by universally shared values as they strive for interreligious/intercultural cooperation, strong family life, academic excellence and partnership between men and women in creating a lasting culture of heart and peace as one Human Family.

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