‘The Courage of the White Flag’ – Storey Memorial Lecture, Zoom

Canon Rob Esdaile is delivering this year’s Middlesbrough Diocese Justice and Peace Storey Memorial Lecture.

“Many people were shocked when, in the course of a television interview in early March, Pope Francis spoke of ‘The courage of the white flag’ in relation to the war in Ukraine. Was this childish naivete or profound realism? Was it supine appeasement or a creative attempt to prevent a relentless cycle of violence? How should we balance principle and pragmatism; Christ’s radical command not to kill and to love our enemies with the sordid realities of Realpolitik? What price peace – and what is the cost of the alternative?

The event is being livestreamed on zoom. Email bhungin@yahoo.co.uk to register