“Choosing Peace” now available
Winner of the 2019 Catholic Social Teaching book award from the Catholic Press Association From Orbis Books: “Choosing Peace: The Catholic Church returns to Gospel nonviolence,” edited by Marie Dennis, […]
Baltimore’s Archbishop Lori promotes King’s principles of nonviolence
Image from Archdiocese of Baltimore On February 14, 2018, Ash Wednesday, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, Maryland, released a pastoral letter entitled, The enduring power of Dr. Martin Luther […]
Pope Francis condemns nuclear weapons; dismantlement is “moral imperative”
On 10-11 November 2017, the Vatican hosted a conference entitled “Perspectives for a World Free from Nuclear Weapons and for Integral Disarmament.” A large delegation from Pax Christi participated in […]
Holy Cross family releases statement on nonviolence and Just Peace
Following is a press release from the Holy Cross International Justice Office October 2017 — In a world reeling from violence, the leaders of the four Congregations of Holy Cross […]
Webinar: CNI accomplishments and next steps, fall 2017
Watch/listen to this webinar here. Since its creation in 2016, CNI has celebrated a number of positive effects, such as Pope Francis’ 2017 World Day of Peace message, “Nonviolence: A […]
CNI roundtables begin
Jasmin Nario-Galace, Eli McCarthy and Francisco DeRoux, SJ, at the April 2016 Nonviolence & Just Peace conference September 2017 — The Catholic Nonviolence Initiative (CNI) is focused on promoting a […]
Just war? Enough already.
The following is an excerpt from an article by Gerald Schlabach, published on May 31, 2017 by Commonweal magazine. Photo of Tyne Cot Commonwealth cemetery (Belgium) by Johnny Zokovitch. A […]
Keep your eyes on the prize of peace
The following article was published by the Tablet, the international Catholic news weekly. It was co-written by Anne Dodd, former chair of Pax Christi UK, and Pat Gaffney, Pax Christi […]
Active nonviolence: A way to build lasting peace in South Sudan
The following message was circulated by the Comboni Missionaries. 29 April 2017 – A group of 46 brothers, sisters and priests, belonging to 25 religious congregations, all members of the […]
Christians and Buddhists: Walking together on the path of nonviolence
From Vatican Radio: [On April 22, 2017, the] Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue … issued a message on the occasion of the Buddhist feast of Vesakh on the theme “Christians […]
The nonviolent resistance of Jesus / La résistance nonviolente de Jésus
The following essays — the first on driving of the moneychangers from the Temple, the second on Jesus’ refusal to condemn the woman caught in adultery — were written by Dr. […]
Women at the heart of nonviolence
Following is the address given by Marie Dennis at the 2017 Voices of Faith event, held at the Vatican on March 8 (shown above.) Almost a year ago, 85 people […]
Join the #ThisIsNonviolence campaign
From Pax Christi International: Pope Francis began 2017 with a World Day of Peace message entitled, Nonviolence: A Style of Politics for Peace. Pax Christi International is making a special […]
Pope Francis’s peacebuilding pedagogy
Following is a commentary written by Dr. Gerald Schlabach, one of the participants in the 2016 Nonviolence & Just Peace conference, on Pope Francis’s 2017 World Day of Peace message. Dr. […]
World Day of Peace message 2017 calls for lives of “active nonviolence”
En français En español December 12, 2016 – Today in his message Nonviolence: A style of politics for peace, for the 50th World Day of Peace, celebrated each year on […]