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John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

“A Conversation with Vincent Harding”

It was hot and muggy this past weekend at the camp site outside of Chapel Hill, North Carolina where some 2,000 progressive Christians gathered for the second annual, ecumenical Wildgoose…

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June 26, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

U.S. Churches Respond to the Kairos Palestine Document

On December 11th 2009, Palestinian Christians issued a heartfelt, sober, prayerful, urgent cry for help to end the U.S.-backed Israeli occupation. Their Kairos document was called: "A Moment of Truth:…

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June 12, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

The Journey Toward Healing the Future

“The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself…

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June 12, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

Catonsville Revisited-“The Single Most Powerful Antiwar Act in U.S. History”

There have been hundreds of thousands of acts of nonviolent civil disobedience in U.S. history which have helped the cause of justice and peace. From the Boston Tea Party to…

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June 5, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

Walter Wink, Our Best Teacher of Christian Nonviolence

"Whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."(Mt. 5:19) That's what Jesus announced in the Sermon on the Mount, right after the…

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May 29, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

Dismantle NATO and Create New Nonviolent International Peace Structures

"NATO doesn't work anymore! Let's dismantle this archane network of warmakers whose fundamental purpose is the service of U.S. military interests, and create a new global network for nonviolent conflict…

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May 22, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

An Interspiritual Approach to Peace

We’ve all witnessed the worst of religion, how organized religion can hurt us, turn our leaders into cruel, power-hungry authorities, and bless war not peace. Yet many of us continue…

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May 15, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

The Great Peace Movement on Jeju Island

The base is being built near Gangjeong village. These heroic villagers have maintained an impressive public stand against nuclear weapons, U.S. imperialism, environmental destruction and basic injustice. They’ve been arrested,…

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May 8, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

A Conversation with Sr. Anne Montgomery

“If you want to be hopeful, you have to do hopeful things.” That’s the advice of Daniel Berrigan. He’s spent his life doing hopeful things for peace and justice, and…

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May 1, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

“Monsenor”-a New DVD Documentary about Romero

Ana Carrigan and Juliet Weber have just released an astonishing DVD documentary about martyred Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador. Thirty two years after his assassination, one would presume that…

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April 17, 2012
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