Speech by Emeritus Professor Desmond Cahill at the webinar hosted by CCRP in Oct. 2

OVERCOMING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND CREATING THE NEW NORMAL: THE INTERSECTING ROLES OF SCIENTIFIC, HEALTH, RELIGIOUS AND GOVERNMENTAL LEADERSHIP Desmond CahillEmeritus Professor, RMIT University, MelbourneChair, Religions for Peace Australia; Deputy Moderator, Religions for Peace AsiaThis paper was delivered on October 12th, 2020 to the online International Seminar in Beijing on Multi-Religious Concerted Efforts and Co-operation to Promote Common Well-Being for Human Beings, sponsored by the China Committee for Religions and Peace. May I begin by thanking again the China Committee for Religions and Peace (CCRP) for this opportunity to reflect on religion and its role in addressing the pandemic emergency and its aftermath.  I want to take both Catholic Christian and multifaith Read more about Speech by Emeritus Professor Desmond Cahill at the webinar hosted by CCRP in Oct. 2[…]

Webinar Summary Report from RfP Australia

ETHICAL AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF NAVIGATING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN THE WAKE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMICDEPARTMENT of EDUCATION, UNESCO CHAIR in BIOETHICS, UNIVERSITY of HAIFAWEBINAR SUMMARY REPORTPrepared by Emeritus Professor Des Cahill, RMIT University, Melbourne and Australia Bioethics Unit of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, University of Haifa.This report summarizes a global panel discussion webinar in the wake of COVID-19 held on Sunday night (Melbourne time), 19th April under the sponsorship of the Department of Education’s UNESCO Chair in Bioethics located at the University of Haifa which works to encourage the teaching of bioethics in medical and health sciences and law courses across the world. The two-hour meeting was Read more about Webinar Summary Report from RfP Australia[…]

ACRP National Chapter Report RELIGIONS for PEACE AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 2015 – 2016

            This report for 2015 – 16 has been prepared for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Australian chapter of Religions for Peace in Canberra (June 19th) and for the annual executive meeting of the Asian Conference of Religions for Peace in Seoul on 27th – 31st April, 2016. The past twelve months since the first historic AGM in Canberra for the first time outside Melbourne following its founding in Melbourne in the very early 1970s has been characterized by the further structural consolidation of the RfP Australia network and some very worthwhile activities. […]