Korea: Peace Action Seeks End to War
Seventy years after armistice, Korean Peace Now! Grassroots Network and Women Cross DMZ are working to see the official end to the war.
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.
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: ‘Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him ‘Emmanuel,’ which means ‘God is with us.’
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 Advent Reflection Guide contains reflections, questions, prayers, and actions based on each week’s Gospel reading and the discussions by Catholic peacemakers who attended the landmark Nonviolence and Just Peace conference in Rome in April 2016.