Latest from the Council
Announcements from the Council alongside essays by H.E. Bawa Jain, Secretary-General, on faith, moral conscience, and the patient work of peace.
Writings
Published regularly on Substack — what religious leadership can offer that no government can, how traditions hold together across disagreement, and what it takes to keep a table steady when the world is shaking.
August 14, 2026
Set a Table
A shaking table does not get steadied by one carpenter in one city — and the only guest who matters is the one you disagree with.
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August 6, 2026
What Only Religious Leaders Can Do
Four instruments no government can issue, revoke, or replace.
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July 31, 2026
The Problem Is Not the Faith
Every tradition teaches mercy. The betrayal happens somewhere else, and only one group of people can name it.
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July 24, 2026
The Crossroads Nobody Chose
Where geopolitics ends and reality begins, somebody has to be standing there.
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July 17, 2026
The Table Is Shaking
The builders of the table are being called back to steady it.
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July 3, 2026
The Thread That Holds
What a letter to a Newport synagogue, two hundred fifty years of argument, and this Fourth of July weekend have in common.
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Announcement
One World, One Humanity speakers announced
The Council confirms an initial group of faith leaders convening this August in New York for the global summit.
February 2026
Read moreEssay
Passover, leadership, and the urgency of moral clarity
H.E. Bawa Jain reflects on the responsibility of religious leaders to offer conscience and hope in a fractured age.
April 2026
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Standing in solidarity: condemning hate against the San Diego mosque
The Council joins faith communities in condemning acts of hatred and reaffirming our shared dignity.
January 2026
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Historic interfaith visit to Auschwitz remembered
Marking the anniversary of a landmark gathering of Muslim and Jewish leaders at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
January 2025
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