Great meetings with my dear friend and brother-in-arms Archbishop Thomas Paul Schirrmacher in San Francisco. He is wearing the Grand Collar of the Supreme Order of Christ Pantokrator. The Archbishop was the secretary general of the WEA- World Evangelical Alliance, the second

Schirrmacher congratulates Oscar Requena on his appointment as Minister for Education, Science and Technology of Belize. He met Minister Requena last year when he visited the Toledo Christian Academy Belize in the rain forest of Belize: thomasschirrmacher.net/?p=23972

Now available: Joint list of questions for the public hearing of the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the German Bundestag on April 14, 2021 as regards the second report of the Federal Government on the state of global religious freedom: thomasschirrmacher.net/?p=17469

📃 NEW ARTICLE: Mercy before Justice through Atonement and Reconciliation (Translated from the German original by Dr. Richard McClary) DOWNLOAD: thomasschirrmacher.net/?p=24030

In his book “Deeply Rooted: The Forgotten Vision of Robert Schuman”, Jeff Fountain describes how, after the catastrophes of the 20th century, a new Europe emerged that is strongly influenced by Christian values such as human dignity and human rights. thomasschirrmacher.net/?p=24021

IRF and ISHR leadership involved in Faith & Freedom Summit IV in the Latin American Parliament: bonn-profiles.net/?p=9040 International Society for Human Rights

📚 NEW BOOK PUBLISHED: Religious Freedom in Mexico and Colombia: An Approach to Broadening Categories and Public Policy Actions from a Comparative Public Policy Approach by Camila Andrea Sánchez Sandoval. ➡️ Download: iirf.global/?p=6195 #ReligiousStudies #ReligiousFreedom

⛪ Background to the Schism in the Orthodox Church — Constantinople vs. Moscow ❕ This text reflects the situation as of 2020, i.e. before the war against Ukraine began. An updated version for 2025 is in progress. ➡️ Download: thomasschirrmacher.net/?p=24166

🗣️ IIRF-President Schirrmacher to testify in USCIRF hearing on Turkey August 14 🇹🇷 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Hearing announced a virtual Hearing on “Freedom of Religion or Belief in Turkey” on August 14, 2025, at 10:30 AM: iirf.global/?p=6292

🇵🇸 It's topsy-turvy politics when Arab states are anti Hamas and (some) European states are pro 💬 A commentary by Thomas Paul Schirrmacher christiandaily.com/news/it-s-tops…

Schirrmacher visits the ‘Athens of West Africa’ in Freetown (Sierra Leone) thomasschirrmacher.net/?p=24184

Thomas Schirrmacher visited the Auschwitz Memorial with his wife to commemorate the murdered Jews and to show his friendship with the Jewish people and his opposition to anti-Semitism. thomasschirrmacher.net/?p=24193

📓 VKW publishes new WEA book on secularism in Buddhist and Hindu countries 👉 We published a commentary by Bruce Barron on the new book ‘Finding God in a Secular World’ and its author, Bruce Nicholls: bonn-profiles.net/?p=9188

👉🏻 We offer a pdf reprint of the 1988 original of Colonel V. Donor’s “The Samaritan Strategy” as what happened for decades in parts seems to repeat itself. ➡️ Download: thomasschirrmacher.net/?p=24217

💯 The first 100 days of Leo XIV Leo XIV – a surprise, but not a stopgap solution 💬 A commentary by Thomas Paul Schirrmacher: thomasschirrmacher.net/?p=24239

Syriac Catholic Patriarch Younan receives global Christian and human rights leader Bishop Prof. Thomas Schirrmacher to strengthen Christian presence in Middle East bonn-profiles.net/?p=9243

✡️ BQ 874 – 54/2025: President and Secretary General of ISHR visit the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights in Vilnius – Thomas Schirrmacher commemorates the murdered Jews, and a murdered bishop from Lithuania 🇬🇧 Read this BQ in English: bonn-profiles.net/?p=9273

🇧🇾 BQ 875 – 55/2025: ISHR delegation visits President in exile Tsikhanouskaya ➡️ Read more: bonn-profiles.net/?p=9290

BQ 876 – 56/2025: “In the WEA, National Alliances should be able to regain a sense of ownership and responsibility” – An interview by Joel Forster (Evangelical Focus) with the Secretary General of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance bonn-profiles.net/?p=9302

Schirrmacher Celebrated in Liberia on 65th Birthday: The celebration has been accompanied by an outpouring of gratitude & admiration for a man whose influence spans global church leadership, theological scholarship, & persistent advocacy for human rights. thomasschirrmacher.net/?p=24394