Reports of Pax Christi activities, including press stories.
News Reports
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March – April 2021
Reports on the International Women’s Day ZOOM gathering, 8 March 2021The purpose of the evening was to explore nonviolence and the role of advocacy and nonviolence and religious life through the work of two women and to celebrate the many approaches to peace that women bring to our world Pax Christi member Anne Dodd offers a personal reflection. …
October 2020 – January 2021
November 23: Pax Christi International issues a statement in response to the escalating violence in Ethiopia. ‘We believe that a comprehensiveinclusive and nonviolent political process is the only way to end this violent conflict’. November 18: As the government announces a plan to increase spending on the military, the group Rethinking Security issued a statement: …
News Reports 2022
Appointment of New Chief Executive (26/11/22) Pax Christi is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Jackson as its new CEO. Andrew is currently Director of CHIPS (Christian International Peace Service). He has a legal background and long-standing involvement in social justice. He will take up his position at the beginning of January and looks …
April – June 2020
29th June: Annexation – What hope for Palestine? We are grateful to Ellen Teague who wrote up our zoom event for Independent Catholic News: https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/39919 June 26th: 75th Anniversary of the United Nations. Pax Christi staff member Aisling Griffin led an online discussion session as part of the UN75 Dialogue initiative. June 6th: Pax Christi’s AGM: …
December 2021
Pax Christi International writes… The Catholic Radio Network of South Sudan receives the 2021 Pax Christi International Peace Award. (10/12/21) “Pax Christi applauds the work of CRN for contributing to the spiritual welfare of the people of this region through good information and civic education. This information and education foster integral human development and respect for …
January – March 2020
31st March: Pax Christi organised an online prayer hour in solidarity with Extinction Rebellion Faith Communities who were holding a Lent vigil outside the houses of parliament, before moving online due to coronavirus restrictions. Almost 50 people attended the online session focussing on climate and peace, and also prayers for those affected by the virus. …
July – December 2018
November 2018: Peace groups gather to say ‘No more war: let’s make peace happen.’ Several hundred people gathered in London on 11 November, members and supporters of the First World War Peace Forum, to reflect on the impact of war on the world and re-commit to building peace in the years ahead. Meeting in Tavistock …
March-April 2017
Pax Christi marks Global Campaign on Military Spending 20 – 23 April A week ago the Ministry of Defence proudly announced that the UK is “stepping up across the globe: the 5th largest defence budget in the world and largest in Europe, rising by around £1Bn a year” How will this promote sustainable security with …
News Reports May – July 2021
Discussion evening on Nonviolence, responding to the Cry of the Earth, July 2021 Pax Christi England and Wales held an on-line discussion on the relationship between nonviolence and care for the earth. Aware of the violence done to the earth through war, the global demand that militarism makes on fossil fuels and other energy sources …
September – December 2019
December: Theresa Alessandro wrote an article in the Christmas edition of The Catholic Universe. November: Pope Francis visited Japan and spoke up about nuclear weapons again. Read more in the campaigns section. 19th October: Bruce Kent, Vice President of Pax Christi, was awarded the Seán MacBride Peace Prize by the International Peace Bureau. This Peace Prize is …
July – September 2020
September 26th: Our Director, Theresa, writing in The Universe: What Does it Mean to Live nonviolently? September 21 – October 2nd: Days of Action on Nonviolence. More than 30 participants joined us for a series of five new study sessions ‘Making Active Nonviolence our Way of Life’, offered weekly for the first time. One participant …
May-August 2019
8th August: In advance of the No Faith in War protest against the Arms Trade on 3rd September: Report in The Universe here 24th July: As we hear the news of the appointment of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister, Pax Christi worked with ecumenical partners in the Network of Christian Peace Organisations, to release a press …
January – April 2019
Easter Sunday 2019: Theresa Alessandro introduced herself to readers of The Universe: NJPN comment April 2019: Valerie Flessati and Pat Gaffney from Pax Christi British Section were among more than 60 people who met at the Vatican on 4 & 5 April for a joint gathering, “Path of Nonviolence: Towards a Culture of Peace.” organised by the Vatican’s Dicastery …
May – August 2018
21 August 2018: Justpeace: August – September edition As Pax Christi looks forward to taking part in a creative parallel programme at the Eucharistic Congress in Liverpool, this Justpeace reminds us that the Eucharist is food for the real life and needs of this world. David McLoughlin tells us that accepting the Eucharist is accepting …
January – June 2018
15 May 2018 – Conscientious objector day in Tavistock Square, London Today well over a hundred people came together in Central London for the annual commemoration of International Conscientious Objector Day. Pax Christi members as well as some of the office team gathered together with various groups from the peace movement to celebrate and remember …
November-December 2017
11 December Faiths’ Leader Statement in support of Nobel Peace Prize 2017 Twenty-two faith leaders, among them Most Revd Malcolm McMahon, Archbishop of Liverpool and Bishop William Nolan, Bishop of Galloway and President of Justice & Peace Commission Scotland, have issued a statement to congratulate the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), recipients of the 2017 Nobel Peace …
May – June 2017
19 June 2017 : Pax Christi joins Christian peace organisations in urging UK participation in UN Nuclear Weapon Ban meetings. Pax Christi made direct representation to the FCO in the run-up to these meetings. Over 130 countries are continuing negotiations to outlaw nuclear weapons entirely. A second round of meetings began in New York on …