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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thanks to Pax Christi UK for creating a study guide to accompany Choosing Peace, a compilation of essays on nonviolence and just peace and other documents in support of the […]