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World Quaker Day
World Quaker Day is an annual event to celebrate the diversity of global Quakerism and build connections to make our community stronger. This year, every…
Quakers to World Churches: War is contrary to the will of God
Quakers will take part in a meeting of the highest governing body of the World Council of Churches from 31 August – 8 September, in…
Nuclear weapons talks “a glimmer of light and hope”
The Friends World Committee for Consultation has joined with 139 other faith organisations in welcoming the first Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on…
George Fox’s 400th Birthday
Planning for George Fox’s 400th Birthday “I was born in the month called July in the year 1624, at Drayton-in-the-Clay in Leicestershire” – From the…
Quakers press for climate action at IPCC negotiations
Quakers have made a number of interventions calling for urgent, fair and transformative climate action to transform root causes driving climate change at the latest…
Quakers call for guns to be kept out of the hands of children
The Friends World Committee has called on the UN for guns to be kept out of the hands of children. Delivering the message on behalf…
