World Day of Prayer for Peace

"The year 2011 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Peace convened in Assisi in 1986 by Pope John Paul II. On that occasion the leaders of the great world religions testified to the fact that religion is a factor of union and peace, and not of division and conflict. The memory of that experience gives reason to hope for a future in which all believers will see themselves, and will actually be, agents of justice and peace."

John Paul II's Prayer for peace - At the Day of Prayer for Peace in the World at Assisi in 2004, John Paul II concluded the Joint Commitment to Peace with this prayer:  May God hear our prayers and grant justice and peace to the world.  Violence never again!  War never again!  Terrorism never again!  In the name of God, may every religion bring upon the earth justice and peace, forgiveness and life, love!