There were many consoling, inspiring, uplifting moments last Friday, October 26th, in Linz, Austria at the beatification of the anti-war hero Franz Jagerstatter. The resounding applause for his 94 year-old…
I was in Los Angeles this past weekend to speak at the American Film Institute and saw the inspiring new documentary, "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song," about the legendary…
This weekend, some 25,000 of us gathered again outside the gates of Fort Benning, near Columbus, Ga., to demand the closing of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly…
There were many consoling, inspiring, uplifting moments last Friday, October 26th, in Linz, Austria at the beatification of the anti-war hero Franz Jagerstatter. The resounding applause for his 94 year-old…
"Women are the peacemakers. The world will not achieve peace without the energy and the work of women." So writes Dolores Huerta of the United Farmworkers. Gandhi said the same…
“We’re here to collect Senator Pete Domenici’s signature on our Declaration of Peace,” we said to the security official in the lobby of the Santa Fe Federal Building. “We’re here…
In Matthew chapter six, the middle section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches us to pray, give alms, fast, and forgive. He offers these tools to help us…
Imagine this: thousands of priests, nuns, monks, deacons, bishops and cardinals dropping everything and taking to the streets. Around the White House they march, week after week, and then off…
"War is not inevitable. I don't think we can believe in God and be pessimistic about the future. The world is in God's hands. So we have to keep going,…
On Feb. 12, 2005, Sr. Dorothy Stang walked along a dirt road deep in the heart of Brazil's Amazon, on her way to meet a handful of poor farmers bearing…