Recovering the Doctrine of Gospel Nonviolence: Jesus, the Sermon on the Mount, and Pope Leo’s Call for an Unarmed and Disarming PeaceBy Rev. John DearCatholic Institute for NonviolenceSeptember 10, 2026,…

Abolish Nuclear Weapons!The 80th Anniversary of Hiroshima/Nagasaki Rally at Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA, Aug. 9, 2025Thank you, dear friends for gathering today and coming here regularly. When I think…

"War Is the Ultimate Failure!"By Rev. John Dear(Published on www.commondreams.org on March 20,2023)On Saturday, March 18, 2023—the 20th anniversary of the U.S. war on Iraq—22 demonstrations against U.S. warmaking were held…

(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…

Today we are pleased to announce the launch of Campaign Nonviolence, a growing grassroots movement that begins this Sunday, September 21st, International Peace Day, with a week of over 225…

On May 9, 2007, the legendary Jesuit peacemaker Rev. Daniel Berrigan turned 86 years old. He's still at it, still speaking out against war, still holding on to the vision and wisdom…

The Struggle for Justice Continues: Remembering the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador A Talk By John Dear, SJ St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO. Sept. 29, 2009 In 1985, I…

Rev. John Dear was one of the featured speakers along with Rabbi Michael Lerner, Rev. Jim Wallis and Cindy Sheehan at the Spiritual Activism Conference sponsored by the new “Network…

Dear Friends, today we remember that sixty years ago our country drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and vaporized 140,000 people in a flash, reducing them to ashes. This morning,…

"Concluding Prayer Offered by Fr. John Dear After the Pax Christi New Mexico, Hiroshima Day Sackcloth and Ashes Action at Los Alamos, NM," August 6th, 2005 Dear friends, once again,…