The International Day of Peace, also known as World Peace Day, is celebrated every year on September 21. It was first established by the United Nations in 1981 to promote peace and encourage people to ...

Every September, Honoka‘a town turns festive, as the annual Peace Day Parade and Festival celebrates the United Nations International Day of Peace. With a focus on peace and the many ways we strive ...

Pope Leo XIV, the former Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, prays as he stands on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after his election as pope May 8, 2025. The new pope was born in ...

Peace One Day today announces that its planned 21 September 2025 celebration at the OVO Arena Wembley will now be streamed live to the world from Peace One Day studios. This decision comes from a ...

Jan. 1 is marked each year as the World Day of Peace, a tradition begun by Pope Paul VI in 1967 and continued by every pope since. Across decades and vastly different global moments, each has insisted ...

On 21 September, United Nations Peacekeeping will commemorate the International Day of Peace with a series of live art installations, hosted at the UN Headquarters in New York and in peacekeeping ...

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So goes a passage in “Imagine,” John Lennon’s 1971 anthem for peace that continues to live on through generations and cultures. As of the middle of this year, according to internet sources, there are ...