The Parliament’s Global Ethic: Faith Leaders Discuss Healing for a Hurting World

In this panel discussion, faith leaders address their views on healing the minds and hearts of humanity. How can the Parliament’s signature document, the “Global Ethic,” support relief from widespread pain, suffering, and injustice experienced in local communities and around the globe? The “Global Ethic,” short for “Towards a Global Ethic (An Initial Declaration),” is the result of wide consultation and has expressed the moral commitments shared by the world’s people since 1993. Natural disasters, pandemics, a rise in world protests, violence, harmful misinformation, and wars create small and large-scale trauma in the lives of those faith leaders striving to help and serve. The effects of emotional damage, mental and physical suffering, and ongoing systemic injustices have had dramatic effects on the health and well-being of people around the globe. Statistics reveal the world is hurting and the document “Towards a Global Ethic” is needed now more than ever. This interfaith panel of leaders discusses this rising global problem from the perspective of their local communities. Commentary on the Global Ethic document offers ways the document can provide support, offer strategies, or solutions to address trauma felt locally while striving for the health and well-being of all globally. Presenters discuss ways their faith tradition aligns with the Global Ethic and can support moving people beyond the pain and suffering so prevalent in today’s News, to the hope of a future of global peace and well-being for all.