In Court for Protesting— The New Normal
It's Friday morning and I'm standing before the Federal Judge in D.C. Superior Court in Washington, D.C., another hearing for my recent protest and arrest during inauguration week. Another protest,…
It's Friday morning and I'm standing before the Federal Judge in D.C. Superior Court in Washington, D.C., another hearing for my recent protest and arrest during inauguration week. Another protest,…
On Tuesday, Jan. 17th, 18 of us climbed the steps of the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. to protest the death penalty. We unfurled a huge thirty-foot long banner…
Today, Pope Francis released the annual World Day of Peace Message for January 1, 2017, called "Nonviolence-A Style of Politics for Peace." This is the Vatican's fiftieth World Day of…
Like millions of other concerned people, I've followed the standoff at the Standing Rock Sioux Nation in North Dakota for months. The good people of Standing Rock, including the Dakota,…
(John Dear gave this talk at the Call to Action National Conference, in Albuquerque, NM, on November 12, 2016) Now that Donald Trump is going to be the president and…
What a summer! Like everyone else, I'm trying to make some sense of it, and figure out a thoughtful response. We've suffered through the mainstream media's non-stop broadcast of the…
(After Fr. John Dear's talk, a panel responded with there reflections, then questions from the audience. The Panel included a city council member; a state senator; the district attorney; the…
(After Fr. John Dear's talk, a panel responded with there reflections, then questions from the audience. The Panel included a city council member; a state senator; the district attorney; the…
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS - July 31, 2016) -- Father John Dear was recently in Albuquerque, New Mexico speaking at two different occasions on two separate topics, but with the…
"The Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount are Jesus' blueprint for peace. I urge everyone to study John Dear's beautiful reflections and join his campaign of peace and nonviolence."…