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Latest Justpeace out now- December 2019
Our new Justpeace 
is out now!
You will find ideas for marking Peace Sunday on the front. On the reverse there is a poster for Peace Sunday to display in your parish – or another location!
In the mailing, there is also a blank Christmas card and ideas for who you might send it to in order to spread the message of peace a little further.
Meanwhile, don’t forget to consult the Christmas 2019 Resource Flyer
Permanent link to this article: https://paxchristi.org.uk/2019/12/04/latest-justpeace-out-now-october-2019/
Court of Appeal rules UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia are UNLAWFUL
Image courtesy of CAAT
Today the Court of Appeal has ruled that UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen are unlawful. The Court found that the government has failed to properly assess whether there have been breaches of International Humanitarian Law.
This historic judgment means that the government must now stop issuing new arms exports licences and suspend existing licences to export arms to Saudi for use in Yemen, and retake all decisions in accordance with the law.
Pax Christi is delighted with this news but the battle is not over! We know it should not have taken a court case and us campaigning for government to listen – Write to your MP now and tell them about this ruling, keeping the pressure on! These sales should never have happened in the first place. How many lives have been lost through the sale of BILLIONS of pounds worth of weapons from the UK? How long will this country refuse to acknowledge the blood on its hands…
If you would like to write to your MP please do so through the CAAT website
Sincere gratitude and thanks to all those who have taken part in this work.
Permanent link to this article: https://paxchristi.org.uk/2019/06/20/court-of-appeal-rules-uk-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia-are-unlawful/
Latest Justpeace out now
Our new Justpeace is out now!
In this edition of Justpeace we hear from Valerie Flessati about the First World War Peace Forum and the work that Pax Christi has been involved in leading up to the Centenary of the First World War. Pat Gaffney reports on the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative and Clare Shanley shares her experience of her first Pax Christi women’s gathering in Birmingham this year.
Also in this issue we hear more about the Peace prize winners from our annual gathering.
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Permanent link to this article: https://paxchristi.org.uk/2019/06/17/latest-justpeace-out-now/
IN THE PRESS: Pax Christi – A world without nuclear weapons
Imagine a world without nuclear weapons: it isn’t hard to do…
In the press this weekend, The Catholic Universe has published an article by Pax Christi Director – Theresa Alessandro.
The Non-Proliferation Treaty has been stuck on Article VI for decades.
Nuclear weapon-possessing governments cite the risk to stability of any
upsetting of a nuclear balance. They point to a reduction in warhead
numbers as their contribution to disarmament. So the UK is down to
120 available warheads; equivalent to ‘only’ 960 Hiroshima-sized
bombs. New ways to be players on the world stage and new ways to
balance international relationships need to be constructed. Such are the
shifting, complex, interconnected sands of wicked problems. The full article can be Found Here
(With thanks to Martin Birdseye for help with the reasoning around this topic, and to Mati Warwick for the photo of Theresa).
Permanent link to this article: https://paxchristi.org.uk/2019/06/07/in-the-press-pax-christi-a-world-without-nuclear-weapons/
Pentecost: Renew the face of the Earth
Feeling a presence that disturbs – Pentecost 
Our final Pax Christi Eastertide reflection comes from Sister Katrina Alton. Katrina is a Sister of St Joseph of Peace and a Pax Christi member from Nottingham.
Trusting the Pentecost promise can be made real through our prayers and actions for peace and justice, we acclaim: ‘Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth.’ (Psalm 103)
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Permanent link to this article: https://paxchristi.org.uk/2019/06/07/pentecost-renew-the-face-of-the-earth/