Peace Archives

Pope Francis tells Mozambique it has ‘right to peace’

Pope in Madagascar
Sep 6, 2019

In a country overcoming decades of conflict, Pope Francis on Friday told some 40,000 people that they have the right to peace, but that they have to build their country on forgiveness and not “plotting opportunities for retaliation.”

Pope urges war-torn Mozambique to cultivate ‘delicate flower’ of peace

Pope in Madagascar
Sep 5, 2019

“Peace is like a delicate flower, struggling to blossom on the stony ground of violence,” Pope Francis said during a visit Thursday to Mozambique, a country torn apart by a civil war from 1977 to 1992 and still struggling with violence.

Bishop calls claim that Pope meddled in Argentina’s primaries ‘science fiction’

Crux in Argentina
Aug 19, 2019

The Financial Times published an article penned by the paper’s former Buenos Aires correspondent claiming that Pope Francis was the brains behind the left-wing ticket challenging Argentina’s incumbent conservative president.

New Pax Christi leaders believe nonviolence education can change world

Catholic News Service, Church in Europe
Jul 31, 2019

Pax Christi International has two new co-presidents and while they hail from different continents, they share the view that rampant violence is posing ever-growing danger to the world.

Pope outlines ‘code of conduct’ for interfaith dialogue, friendship

Pope in Bulgaria and Macedonia
May 6, 2019

During his last night in Bulgaria, a nation whose recent past is marked by communist persecution, Pope Francis urged members of the country’s various religious communities to make dialogue and mutual understanding a new “code of conduct” in pursuing peace.

Magistrate denies motion to dismiss charges against plowshares activists

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Apr 29, 2019

A federal magistrate judge denied motions from seven longtime Catholic peacemakers to have charges dismissed on religious freedom grounds in connection with their April 2018 protest at an East Coast submarine base.