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 […]
Webinar #4: Outcomes, implementation from Nonviolence & Just Peace conference
The fourth and final webinar of this series on the landmark Nonviolence & Just Peace conference was held on Friday, November 18. Listen and watch the slides from the webinar here. Archbishop […]
November 18, webinar #4: Outcomes, implementation from Nonviolence & Just Peace conference
The fourth and final webinar of this series on the landmark Nonviolence & Just Peace conference will discuss the outcomes of the conference and particularly the consensus document, “An Appeal to […]
“Nonviolence: A style of politics for peace,” the 2017 World Day of Peace message
Nonviolence: A style of politics for peace, the 2017 World Day of Peace message. When is the World Day of Peace? The Catholic Church celebrates the World Day of Peace every year […]
Webinar #3, Nonviolence and Just Peace: Moving beyond war
Merwyn de Mello and Fr. Pat Cunningham on the final evening of the Nonviolence & Just Peace conference; photo by Gerry Lee, Maryknoll The third in our series of four […]
Webinars
Fall 2017: Accomplishments and next steps, held 7 November 2017 Fall 2016: Webinar #1, An introduction to the Nonviolence & Just Peace conference Webinar #2, Experiences of nonviolence and Jesus’ way […]