” “”The conflict on the identity and the future of Northern Ireland is still alive”, and it is "a deep crisis which awaits to be addressed, with something more than ceasefires”. So, "we must not just keep being the promoters of peace, we must also work at making the peacemaking activity recognised as the focus of education”. This was stated this morning by Donal McKeown, auxiliary bishop of Down and Connor and member of the Commission for education of the Irish Bishops Conference, as he presented the report “Irish Churches and education to peace A review and assessment of the objectives and quality of education to peace in Northern Ireland and in the neighbouring counties”. “It may be significant to present this report just today, the fifth anniversary of September 11th went on the bishop, as he spoke to the people convened at Stranmillis University College -, while war and destruction are written all over our mass media every single day” and “we are aware of situations of conflict in families, schools, churches and sports fields”. “This document he continued comes for us at an important time. Many may say that more or less war is over”, but the 16 Churches of the Cpep (Program of the Churches for education to peace, established in 1978 e bringing together, as well as the Catholic Church, 15 Protestant and Orthodox ones, editor’s note) will keep "working together to build relationships”.” “
