Observatory Friends

Xarxa Interreligiosa per la Pau The Interreligious Network for Peace (XIP) is an associative initiative founded in 2021 — jointly promoted and coordinated by Justícia i Pau Barcelona and AUDIR (UNESCO Association for Interreligious and Interconvictional Dialogue) — dedicated to highlighting the relevance of dialogue and joint commitment to peace within a democratic and plural […]

COLEGIATA CIELO EN LA TIERRA Colegiata Cielo en la Tierra is a spiritual and cultural community that promotes research and reflection on transcendence. It does so from a deep inner experience, rooted in solitude, silence, and a realistic, existential anthropology. They define themselves as “a group of people who, moved by the surprise and joy […]

MEERU – ABRIR CAMINHO MEERU – Abrir Caminho is a Portuguese non-profit organization committed to building inclusive communities through proximity, dialogue, and social cohesion. They work with migrant and refugee families, local volunteers, and community stakeholders to create meaningful connections and informal support networks that promote dignity, belonging, and active participation in society. They believe […]

The Initiative for the Study of Asian Catholics (ISAC) is an international consortium supporting the development of social scientific research on Asian Catholics. It is currently hosted by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.  Their aims are:  To do new research projects and contribute to the ones already existing in countries such as […]

WACC (WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATION) WACC (World Association for Christian Communication) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation working on communication rights to promote social justice. They offer guidance and support to people all over the world, regardless of religion, ethnicity, gender or culture. They believe that everyone should have the right to communicate and to […]

ISMRC (International Society for Media, Religion, and Culture) Religion, as humanity’s oldest expression of values, identity and community, has always been a mediated practice. In contemporary society religious ideas are communicated, learned, represented, enacted and resisted through various forms of media. Religion circulates through social media, is discussed in the news and becomes a source […]

SANT’EGIDIO Sant’Egidio is a Christian community founded in 1968, just after the Second Vatican Council, on the initiative of Andrea Riccardi in a high school in the centre of Rome. Over the years it has grown into a network of communities in more than 70 countries, with a special focus on the peripheries and those […]

MADIPAX, MAISON DU DIALOGUE ET DE LA PAIX MADIPAX, Maison du Dialogue et de la Paix, is a French national association that seeks to promote innovative meeting places that welcome people of different faiths and beliefs, all in order to promote dialogue for peace. They are aimed at people of all ages, of different religions […]

TILBURG SCHOOL OF CATHOLIC THEOLOGY The Tilburg School of Catholic Theology (TST) is one of the five institutes of Tilburg University, which is part of the Engage Alliance and which also includes Ramon Llull University. Mission The mission of the Tilburg School of Catholic Theology is to provide academic-theological research and education on Christianity and […]

AGÈNCIA FLAMA Flama is a Christian and Catalan news agency dedicated to the dissemination of religious, social and cultural information. The agency is an independent and non-profit media at the service of the Catalan Church and Catalonia. Origins and aims Created in 2005 on the initiative of the Sub-federation of the Pastoral Teams of Politics […]