
JÁN FIGEĽ
First Slovak European Commissioner
First Special Envoy for Religious Freedom outside the EU
Founder of European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
President of Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe (FOREF)
Key Domains of My Lifelong Engagement

Slovakia
My Homeland

Religious Freedom
and Human Dignity and Rights

Europe – Peace, Integration and Innovation

Marriage
and Family

Christian Democracy
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Silence and indifference help the persecutors. The Colosseum in red can help to open hearts and mind
Read more: Silence and indifference help the persecutors. The Colosseum in red can help to open hearts and mindThis weekend on 24 February at 6 p.m. Rome’s Colosseum will be bathed in red light to commemorate the blood of the Christian martyrs – particularly the martyrs of our own time. Simultaneously, both in Mosul, Iraq and in Aleppo, Syria, prominent symbolic buildings will be similarly illuminated, in union with the initiative. In Portugal…
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“El Coliseo de Roma iluminado de rojo puede abrir mentes y corazones”
Read more: “El Coliseo de Roma iluminado de rojo puede abrir mentes y corazones”Ján Figel, enviado especial de la Unión Europea para la Promoción de la Libertad Religiosa, expresa su apoyo a la iniciativa de Ayuda a la Iglesia Necesitada 20/02/2018 ACN.- El Coliseo de Roma se teñirá de rojo el próximo 24 de febrero a las 18:00, en memoria de la sangre derramada por los cristianos,incluidos los…
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“El Coliseo de Roma iluminado de rojo puede abrir mentes y corazones”
Read more: “El Coliseo de Roma iluminado de rojo puede abrir mentes y corazones”Ján Figel, enviado especial de la Unión Europea para la Promoción de la Libertad Religiosa, expresa su apoyo a la iniciativa de Ayuda a la Iglesia Necesitada 20/02/2018 ACN.- El Coliseo de Roma se teñirá de rojo el próximo 24 de febrero a las 18:00, en memoria de la sangre derramada por los cristianos,incluidos los…
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Cristiani perseguitati: Ján Figel (Ue) aderisce all’iniziativa di Acs. Il 24 febbraio il Colosseo sa
Read more: Cristiani perseguitati: Ján Figel (Ue) aderisce all’iniziativa di Acs. Il 24 febbraio il Colosseo sa“Apprezzo molto questa iniziativa che è altamente rilevante e capace di connettere la storia con l’attuale situazione. Eventi come l’illuminazione del Colosseo riescono ad aprire le menti e i cuori delle persone, facendole interessare al tema della libertà di fede”. Ján Figel, inviato speciale dell’Unione europea per la promozione della libertà religiosa, esprime il proprio…
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JÁN FIGEL, INVIATO SPECIALE UE, AD ACS: «SILENZIO E INDIFFERENZA AIUTANO I PERSECUTORI. IL COLOSSEO
Read more: JÁN FIGEL, INVIATO SPECIALE UE, AD ACS: «SILENZIO E INDIFFERENZA AIUTANO I PERSECUTORI. IL COLOSSEO«Apprezzo molto questa iniziativa che è altamente rilevante e capace di connettere la storia con l’attuale situazione. Eventi come l’illuminazione del Colosseo riescono ad aprire le menti e i cuori delle persone, facendole interessare al tema della libertà di fede e al tempo stesso facendo loro mostrare maggiore solidarietà con le comunità sofferenti in tutto…
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Ján Figeľ: Dôležité je nevzdať sa a bojovať
Read more: Ján Figeľ: Dôležité je nevzdať sa a bojovaťBývalý predseda KDH hovorí o svojom politickom páde, diaľniciach, súčasnej práci a o tom, ako bojuje proti vážnej chorobe. Rozhovor dostupný tu: https://www.tyzden.sk/spolocnost/45206/jan-figel-dolezite-je-nevzdat-sa-a-bojovat/ Related posts: Figeľ: Bugár s Procházkom kapitulovali bez boja Ján Figeľ: Schytal som to Podporujme rodinné podnikanie Dánsko je pre nás inšpirujúcim príkladom Ján Figeľ na rokovaní lídrov EPP v Bruseli Ján…
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European Commission Special Envoy Ján Figeľ says Pakistan can change!
Read more: European Commission Special Envoy Ján Figeľ says Pakistan can change!KARACHI: Ján Figeľ European Union Special Envoy for promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU spoke at Alliance Française de Karachi on Towards an Education System for Human Rights and Pluralism. The Envoy, while maintaining that education is the most influential tool to change society, insinuated towards nexus between fundamentalism and madrassas…
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Svetové náboženstvá približuje unikátna sada medailí
Read more: Svetové náboženstvá približuje unikátna sada medailíTRENČÍN. Hlavné svetové náboženstvá hinduizmus, judaizmus, budhizmus, kresťanstvo a islam zobrazuje špeciálna edícia pamätných medailí s názvom Svetové náboženstvá, ktorú pripravili Karol Podhora a Igor Chyla z Trenčína. Ide o celosvetový unikát, ktorý bude na budúci rok vystavený aj v Európskom parlamente v Bruseli. Kolekcia piatich obojstranných medailí v dvoch prevedeniach, v zlate a striebre,…
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Respecting religious diversity
Read more: Respecting religious diversityIf one looks around thoroughly and with respect to reality and truth, we see an enormous and continuously growing volume of diversity : stones in nature, trees and even leaves on the same type of trees in the woods, animals of all species. The same is true about humankind: nobody is identical with billions of…
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Europe must be built on responsible freedom, EU religious freedom envoy says
Read more: Europe must be built on responsible freedom, EU religious freedom envoy saysCredit: European People’s Party via Flickr CC BY 2.0 Vatican City, Nov 16, 2017 / 09:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The European Union’s special envoy for religious freedom has called for “responsible freedom,” in the wake of the Vatican-based (Re)Thinking Europe conference, held Oct. 27 – 29 in the Vatican. In an interview with CNA, EU…
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