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 […]
Vatican City – On 4-5 April, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. for Promoting Integral Human Development and Pax Christi International’s Catholic Nonviolence Initiative organized a workshop on the […]
From CNI steering committee member Eli McCarthy: (Updated) On Dec. 15, 2018, a trained group providing protective accompaniment joined a large posadas gathering at the San Diego/Tijuana border. Las Posadas […]
Since its founding in 2016, the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative, a project of Pax Christi International in partnership with several other international Catholic organisations, has significantly advanced the conversation and understanding […]
Posted by La Croix, 20 November 2018 Catholic religious leaders in Lebanon have appealed to the international community to stop wars in the Middle East and work to bring about […]
One of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative’s goals is an increased awareness of and commitment to teaching peace and nonviolence in Catholic schools and universities. We are heartened by the following […]
Photo of Commonwealth World War I cemetery in Belgium by Johnny Zokovitch, 2016 World War I, the “war to end all wars,” ended 100 years ago this week. Pax Christi […]
Photo: KNAU, Arizona Public Radio Our friend Pietro Ameglio, who works with SERPAJ-Mexico (Servicio Paz y Justicia/Peace and Justice Service), speaks in the video below about the caravan of migrants […]
From the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative: “Active nonviolence is an effective way to engage the violences of our world, including the violence of sexual abuse that has led to the heartbreaking scandal in our church. The Catholic Church can make an essential contribution in response to this crisis by transforming violent […]
Church and Peace, based in Germany, is the European ecumenical peace church network of communities, training centres, peace organisations and peace service agencies. The following article was published on the Church […]
From Pax Christi International: In his message for the World Day of Peace on 1 January 2017, Pope Francis called for a renewed culture of nonviolence to inform global politics […]