The wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the mounting death tolls, and the atrocities committed there were the dominant themes at the eighth Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions held in Kazakhstan's capital Astana.
More than 100 representatives of Catholicism, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Daoism, Orthodox Christianity, Shintoism and other faiths gathered on 17 and 18 September to deliberate on religion’s role in today’s turbulent world.