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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
Catholic Nonviolence Initiative meets with Vatican officials
Strategizes for World Day of Peace follow-up En français En español ROME, Italy – On 19-20 December, the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative gathered in Rome to reflect on and discuss the […]
Pope to ambassadors: Cultivate nonviolent style
The following article, written by Hannah Brockhaus, was posted by the Catholic News Agency/EWTN News on 15 December, 2016. On [December 15] Pope Francis accepted the credentials of six new […]
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 […]
Pax Christi Africa member organisations affirm Appeal to the Catholic Church
Nonviolence in Africa participants visit the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg on 8 December. Photo by Marie Just, Pax Christi International. From 5-9 December, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Pax Christi International […]
Game changer? by Rose Marie Berger
Following are excerpts from Game Changer? What if 1.2 billion Catholics embraced gospel nonviolence?, Rose Marie Berger’s cover story for the December 2016 issue of Sojourners magazine. “Just war is killing us! There is no just war.” That proclamation by a Catholic sister from Iraq, and others like it, resounded […]