On 18th September, the Flemish Interconvictional Platform (Vlaamse Interlevensbschouwelijke Dialoograad) was graciously hosted by the Orthodox community at their cathedral in Brussels. Mgr Peckstadt, Metropolitan in Belgium, chaired the meeting. Representatives from Minister Bart Somers and the Homeland Department were also present.
Some of the subjects discussed were,
-Covid and how the various recognised life stances had dealt with the situation.
-The new future decree on the conditions for recognition of local convictional communities.
-The new lesson plans for convictional education in Flanders and Dutch-speaking schools in Brussels.
-The poverty project and Soligion.
The VILD will meet again in December.
Photo below: Mr Anton Van Dijck, representing the Union of Freethinking Organisations (UVV-demens.nu), next to a painting of H.H. The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I.
