North America

We don’t have a manifesto from Wade Michael Page, so we will never know his exact motives. But terrorism against worshippers is religiously motivated violence nonetheless.

I write on behalf of the United Religions Initiative's global community to offer our profound condolences and solidarity at this time of unimaginable tragedy in your community.

It’s fitting as URI celebrates its 12^th Anniversary -- as we did on June 26 -- that this issue points to our founder Bishop Swing’s leadership in promoting the words of URI's Preamble.

URI’s Executive Director, the Rev. Canon Charles Gibbs, is the featured guest this Sunday on “MOSAIC,” a weekly show about spirituality airing in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The tenth item in URI’s list of principles – “We act from sound ecological practices to protect and preserve the Earth for both present and future generations” – might seem a little peculiar to someone who thinks of URI primarily as an interfaith organization devoted to peace.

Fourteen new Cooperation Circles have joined URI since March of 2012, bringing the total number of CCs to 544. 

The Global Council of the United Religions Initiative announced new leadership Wednesday during a worldwide conference call.