Celebrating Catholic Nonviolence Days of Action
2020 is the first year for the Catholic Nonviolence Days of Action (21 September-2 October) but already a number of events are scheduled. Please check back for updates, and send […]
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Pax Christi International is a global Catholic peace movement and network that works to help establish peace, respect for human rights, justice and reconciliation in areas of the world that are torn by conflict. It is grounded in the belief that peace is possible and that vicious cycles of violence and injustice can be broken.
An appeal to Pope Francis: The path of nonviolence toward a Laudato Si’ future
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 […]
Time to create a more equitable, compassionate, just and reflective world
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 […]
Facing the violence of systemic racism
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 university’s responsibility for peace and nonviolence
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 […]
COVID-19: Toward authentic security rooted in nonviolence
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 […]
A brief report on CNI efforts in 2019
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 […]
New resource explores broad dimensions of “just peace”
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 […]
NonvioLENT from Pax Christi UK
Our friends at Pax Christi UK have created a new resource to focus us during this liturgical season. Join the NonvioLENT Facebook group here, where you can find suggestions and […]
Nigerian bishop: Nonviolence is the only way
The following article was published by Catholic News Service, the news wire service of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. While Christians may feel angry, sad and tempted to carry […]
Nonviolence nurtures hope, can renew the Church
The following statement was affirmed by most of the participants at the 2019 Path of Nonviolence: Towards a culture of peace workshop, sponsored by Pax Christi International and held at […]
NCR: Archbishop Chong advocates nonviolence
Published in the National Catholic Reporter, October 8, 2019 Fiji archbishop advocates nonviolence to help stabilize social unrest by Rose Marie Berger In late September, thousands of schoolchildren stayed home […]
CNI update, August 2019
Photo from April 2019 workshop by Johnny Zokovitch En español abajo En français ci-dessous In April, the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative, through its parent organisation, Pax Christi International, hosted a gathering, […]
Choose just peace framework to respond to conflict with Iran
The following essay, written by Eli McCarthy, was published in The Hill, a newspaper focused on the U.S. Congress. McCarthy, a professor at Georgetown University in Justice and Peace Studies […]
“Path of nonviolence towards a culture of peace” workshop papers
In April 2019, approximately 75 Catholic theologians and activists gathered at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development for a two-day workshop on the theme “Path of nonviolence: Towards […]