In the name of the God of peace, the nonviolent Jesus, and the Holy Spirit of love. Welcome to this prayer service for International Nonviolence Day. Let’s begin by taking…
It astonishes me to read in the Gospel of Luke how Jesus instructs his disciples to love their enemies, be compassionate, welcome children, serve the poor, feed the hungry, and…
This week Pax Christi New Mexico friends and I will mark the anniversary of the U.S.’s obscene bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And to commemorate the victims, as we’ve done…
Several hundred gathered in a Chicago hotel this weekend for the annual Pax Christi assembly. There we met other activists, renewed old friendships, and took energy from inspiring speakers. Mostly,…
The past few weeks, hundreds of thousands have marched nonviolently in Iran protesting an election purloined by fraud. Battalions of police attacked, but the campaign continues. In Honduras the military…
It’s official. As of last week, according to the United Nations, over one billion people are now starving to death. That’s one in six people across the globe. That’s an…
A few weeks ago, Orbis Books published Franz Jagerstater: Letters and Writings from Prison, the first complete collection of his writings in English. Through his intimate letters and powerful reflections…
Rev. Gerard Jean-Juste, 62, of Haiti—one of the finest priests I know and one of the world’s great prophets of peace and justice--passed away on May 27. Sick with cancer…
Last week, one dedicated Christian killed another during church services in Witchita, Kansas. Both men thought they were doing God’s will. One -- the zealous anti-abortion activist, Scott Roeder, believed…
We’ve been at the task earnestly for the last six years. Each Hiroshima Day, Pax Christi New Mexico and friends gather at Los Alamos, birthplace of the bomb and every…