Taking Peacemaking Seriously

By Tony Magliano The National Catholic Reporter Working for peace can be dangerous. In some parts of the world, promoting the nonviolent teachings of Jesus can get you killed. But…

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Civil Disobedience and Discipleship to Jesus

In 1993, Philip Berrigan, two friends and I walked on to the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base near Goldsboro, N.C., through thousands of soldiers, to one of the 75 F15e…

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In Afghanistan, A Call for Peace

We call upon the United Nations to negotiate an immediate cease-fire to the war in Afghanistan, and to start talks aimed at ending the war and beginning the long road…

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The Road to Afghanistan: A Peacemaking Journal

Dec. 3, 2012, Dubai, United Arab Emirates The flight from Atlanta to Dubai lasted nearly 14 hours, and I'm exhausted but excited to be going to Kabul, to meet the…

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The Road to the Philippines

For the world’s poor, the reality of life is the same everywhere. It is a daily struggle against death. That struggle is nearly always a losing battle. Poverty, hunger, disease,…

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The Road to Guatemala

On the edge of Guatemala city , Guatemala 's capital of two million people, one-quarter of the nation's population, stands a monument to poverty. A luscious green valley has been…

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Pilgrimage to Gandhi’s India

It’s Christmas day and I’m in Galway on the west coast of Ireland, staying with my friend Terry Howard, SJ and the Jesuit community, after visiting other Jesuit friends in…

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