Justice, Peace & Environment

New research has revealed the impact of the 2024 riots on minority groups in the UK, showing that it made people feel unwelcome and fearful in their own communities and that they modified their daily lives to feel safe. Experts from the University of Nottingham's School of Psychology undertook a qualitative study to explore the lived experiences of ethnic and religious minority groups during and a... Read More

A new World Council of Churches (WCC) campaign: 'From Condemnation to Consequences', running 4-18 March, will call on states to hold Israel accountable for ending the illegal occupation of Palestine. In light of the escalating crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the clear, yet unfulfilled, legal obligations of the international community, the campaign will demand concrete, legally-gro... Read More

Priests Against Genocide, an international network of 2,200 priests from 58 countries, together with 23 bishops, archbishops, and two cardinals, has issued a formal letter to Mr Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group, urging the institution to suspend any participation in the so-called 'Board of Peace.' In their letter, the network states that its pastoral mission obliges members to defend ... Read More

On March 8th at 7pm, you are warmly invited to gather for an International Women's Day celebration that is both prayerful and theologically rich, rooted in the Church's growing reflection on Gospel nonviolence and the call to become peacemakers in a wounded world. Taking inspiration from the 2026 World Peace Day message of Pope Leo: "Towards an 'unarmed and disarming' peace," the evening will expl... Read More

The Peace Pairs project is a programme from Pax Christi England and Wales, bringing peacemakers of different generations together for a year to learn from and accompany each other. During this year, they are invited to explore different peace issues and nonviolence. The project is based on the Peace Pairs programme from Pax Christi USA. The pairs meet once a month, either in person or online, and ... Read More

On Saturday 14th March the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (SCND) are organising a mass demonstration to oppose British nuclear weapons at Faslane Naval Base, at a time when the world has never been closer to nuclear war. The world needs as many people as possible to join this protest! For those based in the North of Scotland, CND Northeast Scotland has organised coaches to the demonstra... Read More

With Ash Wednesday, today begins the Lent season, a time to dedicate to prayer and reflection. We enter this spirit through the reflections prepared by Sister Wamuyu Wachira and Bishop Colin Bagaforo, Co-Presidents of Pax Christi International. As we await Holy Easter, we are called, like Jesus, to live a period of preparation, learning the value of silence and small daily sacrifices offered as co... Read More

Recent reports* of rising homelessness among refugee households reflect what Catholic organisations, parishes, and volunteers across London are witnessing every day. Many people who have fled conflict, persecution, and danger are now being pushed into life on the streets or trapped in unsafe, insecure accommodation. This is a direct result of hostile policies including: the ban on work for people... Read More

Pax Christi will be marking Ash Wednesday tomorrow with events in Coventry, Leeds, Liverpool and London. COVENTRY The Ash Wednesday Witness for Peace will take place on the Steps of the Cathedral Ruins from 10.50am - 12pm LEEDS The Leeds group will be holding their Ash Wednesday service of repentance for the continued possession of nuclear weapons in Dortmund Square, Leeds City Centre from 12.30 -... Read More

Yesterday, Netanyahu's government backed a proposal from far-right ministers to reinstate a deeply discriminatory land registration process in the West Bank - a mechanism historically used to dispossess Palestinians of their land. Under this system, Palestinians will be forced to "prove" ownership through complex and often impossible legal hurdles, while illegal Israeli settlements continue to exp... Read More

"Every world crisis is, as the word denotes, a judgement and a decision out of which something new must come. It is therefore an opportunity to hear the Word of God and for the Spirit to manifest its creative power to humanity. This is the hope that the prophets always maintain in their vision of judgement against the nations, and which the Church constantly repeats in the liturgy". Pope Leo on ... Read More

Quakers in Britain have issued the following statement on today's High Court ruling that Palestine Action proscription was unlawful: We welcome the High Court's recognition that the proscription of Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act was unlawful. We call for the immediate lifting of the proscription order which remains in place. This judgment confirms the serious risks posed when counter-ter... Read More

Bishop Nicholas Hudson, the Lead Bishop for Conflict and Peacebuilding and the Chair of International Affairs Department at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, has commented on the recent expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the last remaining major nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and... Read More

On 14 February, St Valentine's Day, the Climate Coalition - which includes many Christian organisations such as CAFOD - invites people to send a green heart to their politicians. Each green heart will carry a short, personal message about what is at the heart of your community - whether that's clean air, warm homes, local green spaces, secure livelihoods, or the wellbeing of children and neighbo... Read More