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.
