World Peace Day

This day is also known as the International Day of Pace or the International Day of Prayer for peace.

On 8 December 1967, Pope Paul VI established a new international day. Catholics call this day the World Day of Prayer for Peace. It is observed annually on the first day of a new year.

In 1969, on December 17, UN General Assembly proclaimed 1 January as the official International Day of peace.

Peace on Earth, easing tension in international and inter-state relations is the main theme of the annual pontiff’s messages to the believers. Total slogan of the World Day of Peace is: "Forgive and you shall have peace."

World Peace Day is envisioned to become a moment of global unity - it is up to each and every one of us to make this a reality.

Jeremy Gilley

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Mahatma Gandhi

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Ronald Reagan

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

Thomas Paine

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Mother Teresa