The Unification Church in Germany Reports:

Translated from German to English at Alta Vista

 

New speech route Rev. Moons leads by 50 states of the USA Rev. Moon began on 25 February a new speech route, which will lead it by 16 April by all 50 states of the USA. The route stands for conditions under the slogan "incoming goods wants - Rebuild the Family, Restore the Country, Renew the nation and the World". It supported of an impressing number of ministers, religious directors/conductors and representatives of the public life, who participate actively in the organization and execution. The first meeting took place in New York in the guards OF Prayer Cathedral in Bronx, NY. 3500 humans, for the largest part of municipality members of the cathedral, participated in it. Current messages for the process of the speech route can be called up under http://www.wewillstand.org/.

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Spanish constitutional court confirms a religious character of the Vereinigungskriche the constitutional court in Spain (tribunal Constitucional) confirmed in a judgement from 20 February the right of the Spanish combination church to be able to be registered in the Ministry of Justice as church. In Spain the Ministry of Justice is responsible for all churches, while all other federations are subordinate to the ministry of the Interior. This decision of the supreme court waives several earlier judgements. 1993 had decided an Administrative Court that the combination church not when church can be recognized, because it does not have (1) a member sheep, (2) no faith teachings, (3) no religious ceremonies and (4) a possible danger for the public order represents. 1996 decided the court in the next higher instance that the VK would have very probably members, a faith and religious ceremonies, but a possible danger for the public order represents nevertheless. This last point was also still waived now by the constitutional court. It is called literal in the judgement: "the arguments, which should prove the dangers outgoing from the religious group, are untenable and contradictory". It is called further: "nobody may deny their rights due to bare assumptions and speculations over a possible future behavior and the hypothetical consequences of a religious community resulting from it". The large daily papers El Pais, El Mundo and ABC reported in their expenditures from 22 February in detail on the court decision. In the official InterNet side of the constitutional court under the address of http://www.tribunalconstitucional.es/the judgement is published in the original text. An official translation into English can be called up in the Word format.

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210 international pairs participate to the ' World Peace Blessing ' in the United Nations 210 usually juvenile pairs bound the attention of guests and UN coworkers, when they entered the building of the United Nations in their color-glad popular trachten in New York. The World Peace Blessing was one of the high points of the four-day conference Convocation OF World Leaders, which the Milleniumserklaerung of the United Nations followed, i.e. the request after a "dialogue of the civilizations". After three pairs had spoken their desires for the world from tomorrow representatively of all, three former presidents discussion as political representatives and three religious leaders (for Islam, Buddhismus and Christianity) their luck and benediction desires for the Neuvermaehlten. Rev. and Mrs. Moon, dressed in traditional Korean garbs, spoke then the locking Segnungsgebet. See also newspaper articles in the Washington Times.

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Meetings of political and religious heads in the UN building in New York over 800 world-well-known personalities from the political and religious life participated in the Convocation OF World Leaders from 26 to 30 January in the Hilton hotel, New York. The entire second conference day was shifted into the premises of the United Nations, with Indonesia, Tadschikistan, Iran, the league of the Arab states and the organization of the Islamic conference as CO sponsors. Main sponsor of the entire meeting was the international one and inter+religious federation for world peace (IIFWF). Beside numerous former Staats-und heads of the government were on international level Assoumani Assali, governing president of the Comoros, and on European level lech Walesa, ehem. President of Poland, probably with the most prominent participants. On the conclusion flank spach Rev. Moon to the topic: "heaven: Who is entered it and like to arrive we there?"

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John Ashcroft - prominent participant of the Inaugural Prayer Luncheon in Washington John Ashcroft, which was appointed meanwhile the Minister of Justice of the new US government under George W. Bush, was one of many prominent Americans, itself on 19.1. in Washington DC to a Inaugural Prayer meeting met. Among the 1700 guests from politics and religion were prominent personalities of the Jewish, Islamic and the different Christian traditions, which requested together God benediction for the world generally and for the coming legislative period in the United States. The Inaugural Prayer Luncheon was gesponsert to the largest part of the Washington Times Foundation, whose founder, received Rev. Moon, in the process of the meeting an honor. For further information this article collection can be seen.

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Regensburger Institut for Evangelist theology loads Vereigungskirche to the dialogue a under of the leadership of the theology professor Dr. Schwarz had four representatives of the combination church e.V. Opportunity to present in short lectures history, structure and theory of their religious community. Subsequently, it came to a lively discussion, in which the advisers could take position also to the usual reservations in relation to the church. Under that scarcely 30 participants were also guests, who do not rank normally among the studentses of the institute, but participated from personal interest in the meeting.

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IIFWP organizes international education program on Mars-resounds islands over 40 representatives of 16 island states in the Pacific met of 25 until 27 November 2000 on Mars-resounds to islands to a conference under the topic "Toward A Culture OF Peace into the Pacific region: Character Education, Family and global Cooperation ". The government of the island state and the international one and inter+religious federation for world peace (IIFWF) were the two sponsors of the event. President Kessai note of Mars-resound islands, and Dr. Chung Hwan Kwak, president of the IIFWF were the two most prominent speakers of the conference. Among the further participants were Tommy Esay rem tightness sow, vice-president of Palau, Jacob Nena, ehem. President of Mikronesien, Bikenibeu Paeniu, ehem. Premieminister of Tuvalu, Jose de Venecia, ehem. Parliament chairman of the Philippines, lord Peter Murray, chairman of the Rural party in Australia and representative of other island states, like the Salomonen, Vanuatu, Cook islands, Tonga, Samoa, again sea-country, Fiji and Taiwan.

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Berlin seminar over a "character, family and social commitment -, commentated and discussed approximately 130 participants selected texts read a global education program for a culture of the peace" a full success in the three-day-long seminar, which took place from 1.-3 December in the Crowne Plaza hotel in Berlin, to the topics: (1) "qualities of a citizen of the world"; (2) "family as basis for the world peace"; (3) "harmony of the civilizations"; (4) "guidance qualities for tasks in state and society"; (5) "on the search for values - a retort on the Milleniuim meeting of the United Nations"; (6) "renewal of the United Nations". Main sponsor of the meeting was the inter+religious and international federation for world peace, created by Rev. Moon, which are in the Federal Republic in the establishment phase. The participants represented a broad spectrum of university graduates (to be particularly mentioned several Evangelist theologians should), from Gymnasial and central school teachers, from directors/conductors and coworkers of non-governmental relief organizations and from representatives of the policy. Texts and comments are published in the InterNet and are to appear also in book form.

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30 Bonn student of the religion science visits seminar house in Schmitten on 24.11. came under the direction of Professor Dr. Hoheisel and Professor Dr. Hutten approximately 30 students of the religion-scientific seminar of the University of Bonn to Schmitten, in order to provide a direct impression over the combination church. Geros Kunkel, even student of the religion sciences, spoke the theory of the Goettlichen principles "to the topic"; Werner false mountain about "the meaning of the family in church and family federation"; Christian house man to the topic "as finances itself the church" (the topic had been wished particularly by the participants), and Fritz beep castle about "combination church and society by the example of the entry prohibition of Rev. and Mrs. Moon". Occasionally and afterwards there were active discussions to the individual points. - in the connection the group visited the only koptische monastery in Germany, which is in the proximity of Wetzlar.

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Judgement of the higher administrative court Rhineland-Palatinate gives new hope for fast abolition of the entry prohibition for Rev. and Mrs. Moon in a decision of the higher administrative court Rhineland-Palatinate of 13.9.2000 the German combination church e.V. in principle the right was awarded to refuse against the resolution of the Federal Government, to the founder married couple Rev. and Mrs. Moon the entry into the Federal Republic complaint to raise. The Minister of the Interior at that time Manfred Kant ago had not only issued instruction to the border control authorities to 1995 to refuse to the founder married couple the entry into the Federal Republic of Germany. Mr. Kanther arranged also the advertisement of the married couple on the so-called Schengener list, which had as a consequence that the religious head and its wife could enter in none that the Schengener agreement attached European countries more. (complete text of the judgement in the Ms Word format). In the text 23 sides of the comprehensive judgement it is again stressed that it concerns with the combination church a religious community in the sense of the Basic Law. It is called literal that "during discretionary decision over making possible of entry and stay of the religious head of a religious community or over their verweigerung also the interest of the members of a religious community living in the federal territory to religious support in the light of the basiclegal liberties from Art.4 Abs.1 and 2 GG to consider" is. The Vereinigungskriche e.V. has a berechtiges interest in the imminent statement of the legal relation contentious between it and the Federal Government. The German combination church e.V. sees in this judgement an important step toward to complete abolition of the entry prohibition for the founder married couple and the deletion of its name from the Schengener list.

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"lasting Love" conference in Berlin from 30.8. to 4.9. found met over 300 participants in the citizen of Berlin Crowne Plaza hotel to one of the international and Interreligious Federation for World Peace organized conference to the topic: "lasting Love - the World OF Tomorrow founded on Love". The participants came from different countries of Europe, with delegations from Russia and China. In the course of the five meetings selected and to the respective topic fitting quotations from different speeches Rev. Moons were spoken and commentated afterwards by in each case two prominent participants. Then in each case a round followed question and answers, followed from a discussion in the respective table round. - in this connection were particularly remarkable two presentations in the evening 2 September over "Freedom OF amounted as A human right" (Professor Dr. Erwin Scheuch) and "Events leading ton the entry Ban for Rev. and Mrs. Moon ton the Federal Republic OF Germany and Subsequent development" (Fritz beep castle). Internationally a Appeal and a separate Petition to the Federal Government were signed by nearly all present ones.

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Rev. and Mrs. Moon receive peace honor (universal Peace Award) of the United Nations on 18 August received Rev. and Mrs. Moon the honor "universal to Peace Award" in the premises of the United Nations in the context of a conference "assembly 2000 - Renewing the United nation and Building A Culture OF Peace". The honor was presented to Non Governmental organizations of the World Association OF United nation. The conference, which was partly held in the buildings of the United Nations, partly in the whale village Astoria hotel, brought together over 400 international personalities of the public life. Organizer was the international and Interreligious Federation for World Peace. Three UN missions (Uganda, Mongolia and Indonesia) were Mitsponsoren. Under the prominent participant OSCAR Arias, former president of Costa Rica and Nobelpreistraeger, Sir Edward Heath, former Prime Minister was large Britanniens, senator Robert dole, former Majority Leader in US the senate and Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Sambien. Rev. Moon spoke the renewal of the United Nations and the formation of a culture of the peace "in the United Nations to the topic".

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Large CARP meeting with Hyon Jin Moon into the bet rough all on Saturday 6 August took place into the bet rough all in Woelfersheim a meeting of the CARP student organization, in which over thousand, usually younger people, participated. High point of the meeting was a lecture of Hyon Jin Moon, the third son of the founder married couple Moon. Its speech stood under the title "Inheritance and development". Subsequently, the young president, who is an inspired trailer and hobby singer von Rock-and-Roll music, gave volume from Japan some samples of its artistic Koennens as well as. CARP is the student organization of the combination movement. Only in this year it the presidency was transferred over the CARP on world-wide level. Hyon Jin Moon is 32 years old and has a family with 6 children. He was active participant with the olympic plays of 1988 in Seoul and 1992 in Barcelona in the South Korean team of the jumping riders.

 

 

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America celebrates Rev. Moons 80 birthday the North American combination church and connected organizations organized on 22 January a great birthday celebration in honours of Rev. Moons 80stem birthday. In the celebration in Washington approximately 3000 members and Sympatisanten participated out completely North America, as well as representative out over 100 nations. The mayor von Washington Anthony Williams let a special greeting message bring and the town councillor of the district Columbia issued its own resolution for the celebration of the daily under the title "A Ceremonial resolution into the Council OF the District OF Columbia". The Baptistenpastor Dr. Hycel Taylor gave an overview of Rev. Moons efforts within the range of inter+religious communication, while minister T.L. presented to the public bar-saved from Chicago Rev. Moon as a speaker of the evening. Its speech with the title "the way America and mankind in the last days" was acknowledged with large applause. To the ceremonies an invitation committee had loaded with considerable international personalities. - property 10 days later, on 2.2., organized the organization American Century Awards, a donation the Washington Times, a receipt in the so-called Canon House, which represents a part of the American congress, a receipt in honours of Rev. Moon, in which about 120 current and former congressional representatives and senators participated. Prominent speakers of the evening program were Sir Edward Heath and the former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger. The organization made it's duty, men and women, who made themselves particularly earned around the United States to distinguish with the American Century Award. Since its establishment the donation over 60 personalities from politics, religion and society distinguished.

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7. Internationally seminar Hun Dok Hae "reading and discussion" in Washington of 20 to 23.1. found the 7 in Washington DC. Hun Dok Hae seminar under participation of over 200 personalities of the public life from 80 countries in the world instead of. With these seminars selected passages are read by public speeches Rev. Moons and discussed and discussed afterwards. In the 7 international seminars up to now well 1500 university graduates and high-level personnel from all world participated and with ideas and the theory of Rev. Moon argued intensively. Most important sponsor of the seminars is the inter+religious and international federation for world peace and combination. The seminars are to be continued off these provisionally last large meetings at regional or national level within a somewhat smaller framework.

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