URI Stories of Impact

Our community is working tirelessly to bring peace and justice in all areas of the world regardless of religion. Read stories straight from the organizers.

The co-founders of the Interfaith Mediation Centre, a URI Cooperation Circle from Kaduna Nigeria, West Africa, receive the first Commonwealth Peace Prize.

Meet URI's new Executive Director, Karen Volker - As I step into my new role as URI’s first woman Executive Director, I want to acknowledge and highlight that I have joined a movement filled with remarkable individuals and organizations that harness collective strength to create meaningful impact—from local communities to the global stage.

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A Burning Cathedral

I write this article two days after the fire in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, and exactly one hundred years to the day of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 when Grace Cathedral burned to the ground.

Commemorating Chiara Lubich

On Saturday, March 16, the 11th anniversary of the departure of Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement or Work of Mary, was commemorated in Quito.