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August 8, 2017

West Bank priests stress nonviolence as youths protest Israeli occupation

Palestinian protesters run for cover from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during clashes in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
JERUSALEM – With tensions still high in the Old City following weeks of violence, Fr. Firas Aridah completed his work at the Latin Patriarchate early so he could leave Jerusalem for his West Bank parish before any possible violence began.
Published in International
June 28, 2017

Pax Christi International plans new peace initiative

Pax Christi International aims to initiate a global conversation and promote promote practices and strategies for non-violent peace making,” said Judy Coode, the organization's co-ordinator for the Catholic Non-Violence Initiative.

Pax Christi International is stepping up its efforts to position the Catholic Church as a leader in promoting non-violence.

Published in Canada
April 24, 2017

Buddhists, Christians must help promote nonviolence, cardinal says

Pope Francis greets a Buddhist monk during a Nov. 3, 2016 audience with religious leaders at the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY – Catholics and Buddhists must strengthen efforts to reject violence in all of its forms as well as to urge and educate people in a life of nonviolence, said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

Published in Vatican