The Catholic Nonviolence Initiative’s new institute held weekly seminars in Rome throughout the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality. The following article was published in the November-December 2024 issue of NewsNotes. Pax Christi International’s Catholic Nonviolence Initiative (CNI) launched a new project on September 29 in Rome: the Catholic Institute for Nonviolence. The institute’s…
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joins 140+ global Christian leaders in call to world leaders for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and a halt to arms sales to Israel.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns was among the 60 faith and civil society groups that signed a letter to Congress requesting their help de-escalate the violence and stop further loss of life.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns was among the 27 faith groups that signed a letter to Congress requesting their help de-escalate the violence and stop further loss of life.
Pax Christi released a Statement of Support signed by 218 Faith Leaders, including Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns Sustainable Pathways to Peace senior program officer Dan Moriarty. In it, leaders reiterate Pope Francis’ message: “IT IS TIME TO STOP THE KILLING AND DEVASTATION IN UKRAINE. CEASEFIRE AND PEACE NEGOTIATIONS NOW.”
Seventy years after armistice, Korean Peace Now! Grassroots Network and Women Cross DMZ are working to see the official end to the war.
Cluster munitions are among the most harmful weapons to civilians, as they are designed to disperse indiscriminately across a wide area and often fail to explode on initial use, littering communities with unstable unexploded ordnance and causing devastating harm to civilians, and especially children, years after a conflict ends.
Groups urge leaders to seek diplomatic solution to war, reject nuclear weapons, and support nonviolent resistance.
Nuclear disarmament is the issue of the past and future of the Catholic peace movement.
The organizations in the Maryknoll family have issued the following joint statements.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns collaborated with Pax Christi International in organizing this important workshop April 4-5, 2019.
Recordings are available of presentations made by Marie Dennis of Pax Christi International and Kevin Carroll of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns on the writings of Pope Francis on nonviolence and the work of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative.
After violent clashes between white supremacists and counter-protesters at a “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12 left dozens injured and one woman, Heather Heyer, dead, there has been a much needed national discussion on racism, fascism and nonviolence.
Amid the reality of conflict and violence around the world, peacemakers work to cultivate seeds of peace.
