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By Editor on May 29, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

U.S. Catholics: Write your bishop to encourage his support of active nonviolence

Updated July 5, 2017 “Instruments of reconciliation” is a new national campaign to amplify active nonviolence in the U.S. Catholic Church. Catholics in other parts of the world might adapt the information […]

By Editor on May 18, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

By Editor on May 17, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Conference participants

More than 80 people attended the Nonviolence and Just Peace conference, including lay people, members of religious communities, priests and bishops from around the world. Find the list of participants […]

By Editor on May 1, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

By Editor on April 26, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Online course: Strengthening civilian capacities to protect civilians

This online course is taught by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and is offered for college credit through Merrimack College. Session 1 starts May 22. Unarmed […]

By Editor on April 24, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

By Editor on April 10, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Why Pope Francis’ World Day of Peace message is such a breakthrough

The following essay was written by Dr. Terrence Rynne, who was one of the attendees of the April 2016 Nonviolence & Just Peace conference in Rome. That Pope Francis consciously […]

By Editor on April 4, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

Pope Francis prays for healing for victims of violence in Chicago

From CBS News: Chicago’s continuing problems with gun violence have caught the attention of Pope Francis, who has told Cardinal Blase Cupich he is praying for “healing and reconciliation.” “Please […]

By Editor on March 22, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

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. […]

By Editor on March 17, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Martyr for nonviolence Josef Mayr-Nusser to be beatified on 18 March

Adapted from Pax Christi UK On Saturday 18 March 2017, Josef Mayr-Nusser will be beatified at the cathedral in Bolzano, Italy. Like the Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter, Mayr-Nusser died as a […]

By Editor on March 11, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

By Editor on February 28, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

UN event, March 2: Nonviolence, a style of politics for peace

Watch the event on the UN feed here. On Thursday, March 2, the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative joined with the Holy See Mission to the United Nations in New York City and […]

By Editor on February 21, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Women peacemakers: We need to listen to their voices

Voices of Faith advances the role of women in the Catholic Church and supports them in their infinite potential to create meaningful change for the common good, contributing fully to […]

By Editor on January 30, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

By Editor on January 5, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Marie Dennis, NCR’s 2016 Person of the Year

In case you missed it … National Catholic Reporter (NCR) named our own Marie Dennis, co-president of Pax Christi International and a member of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative’s executive committee, […]

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