Following are a few stories highlighting the work and mission of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative.
2022
- Africa well represented in Catholic Nonviolence Initiative on “just peace” in Rome, ACI Africa, 13 December 2022
- New Rome conference on Gospel nonviolence could serve as push for papal encyclical, by Terrence Rynne, National Catholic Reporter, 13 December 2022
- Rome meeting focuses on grassroots efforts to promote nonviolence, by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service, 8 December 2022
- In a violent world, some find Gospel nonviolence a worthy alternative, by Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service, 24 February 2022
- 10 ways to avoid a devastating war in Ukraine, by Eli McCarthy, America, 22 February 2022
- Wester’s powerful letter part of hopeful trend: bishops arguing for nonviolence, by Eli McCarthy, National Catholic Reporter, 28 January 2022
2021
- Francis has shifted teaching on just war theory, US military instructors say, by Brian Fraga, National Catholic Reporter, 19 October 2021
- After 9/11 and Afghanistan, does just war theory have a place in Catholic thought? by David Carroll Cochran, America, 16 September 2021
2020
- Francis’ ‘Fratelli Tutti’ weaves the threads of nonviolence and just peace, by Eli McCarthy, National Catholic Reporter, 4 December 2020
- Catholic activists praise pope’s move away from just war theory, by Joshua McElwee, National Catholic Reporter, 12 October 2020
- Just Peace: World conflicts need to be resolved nonviolently, by Bishop Anthony Taylor (Little Rock, Arkansas, USA), 23 September 2020
- Nonviolence: A path to action and conversion beyond Covid-19 by Pat Gaffney, Independent Catholic News, 13 July 2020.
2019
- Politics? No. Gospel, yes, an interview with Bishop Marc Stenger, Archdiocese of Miami, 13 December 2019
- Fiji archbishop advocates nonviolence to help stabilize social unrest, by Rose Marie Berger, National Catholic Reporter, 8 October 2019
- Vatican’s second conference on nonviolence renews hope for encyclical, by Joshua McElwee, National Catholic Reporter, 23 April 2019
2018
- Quebec churches to ring bells to mark 100th anniversary of end of WWI, by Philippe Vaillancourt, Catholic News Service, posted 9 November 2018 on CatholicPhilly.com.
- Power of nonviolence, by Pat Gaffney, Pax Christi UK, Peace News, October-November 2018
- Mennonite-Catholic conference focuses on just peace, racism, The Mennonite, 20 August 2018
2017
- Pax Christi urges leaders to listen to Pope on disarmament, Vatican Radio, interview with Marie Dennis and Philippa Hitchen, 13 November 2017
- How the Catholic Church can bolster alternatives to violence, by Maria Stephan, U.S. Institute of Peace, 1 November 2017
- Professor Jeanette Rodriguez, PhD, is a member of an international roundtable hoping to influence the Pope’s next Catholic teaching, by Dean Forbes, Seattle University News, 25 October 2017
- Nonviolent Fight Club: Why U.S. Catholics are still debating nonviolence, by Rose Marie Berger, Sojourners, 20 October 2017
- Catholic leaders call for nonviolence, Nonviolent Peaceforce, October 2017
- Cardinal Turkson makes strong pleas for nonviolence and just peace, by Ryan T. Blystone, USD News Center, 9 October 2017
- Pope Francis continues to promote Gospel nonviolence, The Record (Archdiocese of Perth, Australia), 21 September 2017
- Cardinal Turkson, military, peace activists, academics to dialogue on nonviolence, by Dan Morris-Young, National Catholic Reporter, 21 September 2017
- U.S. men’s religious orders commit to working for papal encyclical on nonviolence, by Joshua McElwee, National Catholic Reporter, 15 August 2017
- Pax Christi International plans new peace initiative, by Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register (Toronto, ON), 28 June 2017
- Just war? Enough already, by Gerald Schlabach, Commonweal, 31 May 2017
- Pax Christi invites church to embrace tradition of active nonviolence, by Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service, 1 March 2017 (published on CatholicPhilly.com)
2016
- Your “just peace” reading list, by Tobias Winright, National Catholic Reporter, 21 December 2016
- Game changer? Around the world, Catholics are becoming a church committed to peace and nonviolence. And the Vatican is listening, by Rose Marie Berger, Sojourners, December 2016
- Watch Rose discuss her experience at the Rome conference with her fellow Sojourners editor Betsy Shirley in this Facebook video, posted on Rose’s blog.
- Jesus and “just war”? Time to focus on just peace and Gospel nonviolence, by Marie Dennis and Eli Sasaran McCarthy, Huffington Post, 1 October 2016
- Peace deal puts Colombia at heart of Year of Mercy, by Austen Ivereigh, Crux, 24 September 2016
- Cardinal Turkson: “We do not stop war by starting another war,” by Joshua McElwee, National Catholic Reporter, 20 September 2016
- Just War or Just Peace? A Peace Paradigm Radio episode with Michael Nagler and Stephanie Van Hook (54 minutes)
- Vredesweek: mystiek in actie (Peace Week: Mysticism in action) (in Dutch), by Jef Felix, former Pax Christi International board member, published in Ignis, the Dutch-language Jesuit magazine in Flanders and the Netherlands, 16 September 2016
- Just peace approach can elicit better strategies than war, by Eli Sasaran McCarthy, National Catholic Reporter, 24 August 2016
- Editorial: Let next synod be about peacemaking, National Catholic Reporter, 23 August 2016
- Justpeace, the newsletter of Pax Christi UK, August-September 2016
- Shifting the lens: Just peace and nonviolence, by Eli Sasaran McCarthy, Huffington Post, 2 August 2016
- A Church for peace? Why just war theory isn’t enough, by Lisa Sowle Cahill, Commonweal, July 2016
- Choosing nonviolence is the only moral road to peace, by Francine Dempsey, Albany Times-Union, July 2016
- Justice Perspective: Just peace and Gospel nonviolence, by Deacon Don Weigel, Western New York Catholic (Diocese of Buffalo), June 2016
- Quilting peace, by Cory Lockhart, published on the JustFaith Ministries blog, June 2016
- The church is a home for peacemakers, by Sr. Julia Walsh, Global Sisters Report, National Catholic Reporter, May 2016
- Ending just war in the heart of the Vatican, an interview with Ken Butigan on Love (and Revolution) radio, May 2016
- Historic Vatican conference on nonviolence and just peace, by Ken Butigan, published on Satyagraha Foundation for Nonviolence Studies, May 2016
- What happens when you replace a Just War with a Just Peace, by Dr. Maria Stephan, U.S. Institute for Peace, published in Foreign Policy, May 2016
- On the Vatican Conference and Just Peace, by Eli McCarthy, published on the Catholic Moral Theology blog, May 2016
- Editorial: Peacemaking is a transformation of the imagination, National Catholic Reporter, May 2016
- Can war be just?, by Paul Schrag, Mennonite World Review, May 2016
- Pope urged to abolish creed of a ‘just war’, by Christopher Lamb, The Sunday Times, 24 April 2016 (Link to the Sunday Times requires subscription; article also available here.)
- Pax Christi puts pressure on Vatican to end its support for ‘just wars’, by Christopher Lamb, The Tablet, April 2016
- Landmark Vatican conference rejects just war theory, asks for encyclical on nonviolence, by Joshua McElwee, National Catholic Reporter, April 2016
- Francis encourages Vatican just war conference to revitalize tools of nonviolence, by Joshua McElwee, National Catholic Reporter, April 2016
- The historic Vatican peace conference, by Fr. John Dear, published on the Huffington Post, April 15, 2016
- The Church’s turning toward nonviolence, by Fr. John Dear, published on the Huffington Post, April 20, 2016
- Vatican conference urges end to doctrine of “just wars”, from the Associated Press, April 15, 2016
- Help end death penalty, debt burden, war, pope tells activists, from Catholic News Service, April 12, 2016
- Could Pope Francis be ready to throw out the Just War theory? by Ryan Hammill, Sojourners (www.sojo.net), April 2016
- The Church needs a new approach to war, by Rose Marie Berger, April 22, 2016
- Vatican conference on nonviolence rejects “Just War” theory, by Kathy Schiffer, National Catholic Register, April 15, 2016
- Just War & Just Peace, by Joseph Komonchak, Commonweal, April 15, 2016
- Catholic peace activists urge Church to re-commit to non-violence, from Independent Catholic News, April 14, 2016
- Why is the Catholic church moving away from just war theory?, by Terrence Rynne, National Catholic Reporter, April 9, 2016
- Historic Vatican conference calls for nonviolence and ‘just peace’, by Ken Butigan, Waging Nonviolence, April 21, 2016
- Pope Francis takes on ‘Just War’ theory, by Graham E. Fuller, consortiumnews.com, April 14, 2016
- Just war theory appraised, by Tim Huber, Mennonite World Review, April 25, 2016
- Bridgefolk founder joins Vatican conference rejecting just war, by Hannah Heinzekehr, The Mennonite, April 25, 2016
- Will Pope Francis dump the just war doctrine? by Damon Linker, The Week, April 19, 2016
- The Catholic Church is now more advanced than U.S. philosophy departments, by David Swanson, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, April 20, 2016
- The Rome conference on nonviolence: A turning point in history, by Mairead Maguire, published on CommonDreams.org, April 20, 2016
- Vatican conference urges church to abandon just war theory, blogpost on National Catholic Reporter by Tony Magliano, April 25, 2016
- Rediscovering nonviolence in the Vatican, by Michael N. Nagler, May 2, 2016
- Podcast: The Issue: Rethinking Just War theory, by ABCLocal (Australia), April 24, 2016
- Pax Christi promotes “Just Peace” rather than“Just War”, Vatican Radio interview of Marie Dennis, co-president of Pax Christi (includes audio link) April 12, 2016
- Pope Francis’s message to the conference
- Photos from the conference