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Europe is focus of global churches' peacemaking initiative
St Francis of Assisi's prayer, 'Make me a channel of your peace', was the theme for a celebration of common commitment to overcome violence at a gathering of Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican and Protestant church representatives on 17 February 2007 in Wittenberg, Germany. Sharing of experiences, reflection and common prayer welcomed this year's focus on Europe from the global ecumenical initiative 'Decade to Overcome Violence (DOV) - Churches Seeking Reconciliation and Peace,'.
The Rev Dr Geiko Müller-Fahrenholz explained that the theme of the European focus is taken from a famous Christian prayer that stands in opposition to a world-weary "realism that no longer perceives it is being used to allow the continuation of violence everywhere". The annual foci of preceding years were Palestine/Israel, Sudan, the United States, Asia and Latin America.
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