During the Laudato Si’ special anniversary year (2020-2021), the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promotion of Integral Human Development launched a new program and a public commitment for various institutions to begin […]
DePaul University (Chicago, USA) has established the Berrigan-McAlister Award, to be given annually to a person or organization whose active Christian nonviolence-—like that practiced by Fr. Daniel Berrigan, SJ, Philip […]
“[We] are deeply troubled by these developments in Myanmar,” wrote the members of Pax Christi Asia-Pacific on 5 February. The actions on 1 February were “a coup – not just […]
CNI is grateful for the assistance of Tom Eddington in creating the following four videos which help explain different components of nonviolence. Each segment is unique. Defining nonviolence — interviews […]
“We want to be a Church that serves…to build bridges, to break down walls, to sow seeds of reconciliation.”—Fratelli Tutti (FT) 276 The Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) […]
On 18 December (at 15.00 GMT and again at midnight GMT, 19 December), Pax Christi International offered a three-hour online retreat focused on nonviolence. This unique program was crafted in […]
Available now! Pax Christi International and the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative are pleased to announce the publication of Advancing Nonviolence and Just Peace in the Church and the World, the culmination of […]
2020 was the first year for the Catholic Nonviolence Days of Action (21 September-2 October). Thank you to everyone who organised or participated in an event. Please send us your […]
The Church is celebrating the fifth anniversary of Laudato Si’: On care for our common home, the powerful and beautifully crafted encyclical which calls us to a new understanding of […]
The following is a statement from Pax Christi International on the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and all of those whose deaths have been precipitated by 400 […]
Pax Christi USA, a national section of Pax Christi International, has published this statement (28 May) and this statement (1 June) in response to the horrific murder of George Floyd […]
The attached article, published in the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education’s journal Educatio Catholica, was written by Ken Butigan, a member of the CNI executive committee and faculty member at […]
The following reflection was written by Marie Dennis, a member of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative executive committee and senior advisor to Pax Christi International‘s secretary general. She served as co-president […]
Since its founding in 2016, the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative (CNI), a project of Pax Christi International, has significantly advanced the conversation and understanding of nonviolence and just peace in the […]
This new resource, A Just Peace Ethic Primer, published by Georgetown University Press, includes contributions from several people who have been deeply engaged with the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative. Ordering information […]