Justice, Peace & Environment

More than one hundred people gathered at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick for the 48th National Justice and Peace Network (NJPN) Conference. The theme was deceptively simple: Just Talk. But over the course of the weekend, it became clear that these two words carried a challenge. At a time when public conversation can so easily become angry, polarised and unforgiving, how do we continue to t... Read More

On Sunday, 9th August, Pax Christi held their annual commemoration of the life and witness of Franz Jägerstätter in the church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More in Chelsea. Jagerstatter was executed in Berlin in 1943 for his refusal to fight for the Nazi regime. He was a conscientious objector who openly criticised the Nazi party and saw it as his religious duty to adhere to the princ... Read More

January 1, 2027 will mark the 60th World Day of Peace. To celebrate this day, Pope Leo XIV has chosen the theme: 'Disarming Technology, Serving Peace: Politics as Preventive Responsibility'. A press release from the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development, states that Pope Leo wants to highlight the "moral responsibility of those called to act in the political sphere." The Pope is ... Read More

This year's service to commemorate the life and witness of Bl Franz Jagerstatter will take place at the Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Cheyne Row, London SW3 5HS at 4pm on Sunday, 9 August It has been organised by members of Pax Christi England and Wales. Bl Franz Jägerstätter, was an Austrian farmer and conscientious objector during World War II who refused to fight for Nazi Germany because ... Read More

Erin Tsutsui is a 16-year-old student at Henry M Gunn High School in California. She visited the World Council of Churches on 5 August with a group from the League of Creative Minds. She shared her grandfather's story of surviving the nuclear bomb in Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. You've been growing up listening to your grandfather's stories. Could you tell me a little more? Tsutsui: My grandfather ... Read More

One of the greatest obstacles to building peace in the Holy Land is the ongoing expansion of illegal settlements which displace Palestinian families. As Palestinians are forced from their home, settlers are using this land to grow and export produce - such as dates and wine - across the world. We must stop the trading of all goods and services produced on land that has been illegally occupied. ... Read More

Most Rev William Nolan, Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow, and President of J&P Scotland together with the Moderator of the Church of Scotland General Assembly Rt Rev Gordon Kennedy and Rev Sarah Brown, convener of the Public Life and Social Justice of the Church of Scotland, led an ecumenical peace vigil on Saturday, outside HM Naval Base on the River Clyde to make a fresh call for a world fr... Read More

'Dialogue is not a tactic or tool, but it's a way of life - a journey of the heart that transforms everyone involved, the one who listens and the one who speaks.' These words of Pope Leo XIV, on display in the Prayer Room, encapsulate my experience of this years's National Justice and Peace Conference, 'Just Talk', which invited its participants into a process of 'deep and patient listening: refle... Read More

Cardinal Isao Tarcisio Kikuchi, President Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan writes: To all who wish for peace. This year as we remember the 81st anniversary of the end of the war, we begin our annual Ten Days of Prayer for Peace centred around the anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Every year at this time, we are invited to re-engrave memories of the past in our he... Read More

Bishop Paul McAleenan, Lead Bishop for Migrants and Refugees for the Bishops' Conference, has welcomed new Prime Minister Andy Burnham's comments on migrant Channel crossings this morning in Dover, 3 August, in which he recognised that, "we also need to build a system that offers safe routes for people as well, because that also takes away the selling point of the gangs." The Catholic Church has l... Read More

Pax Christi New York State sent the following letter to Santa Fe Archbishop John Wester, with close to 100 signatures from across a wide spectrum of notable people, religious, scientists, people with political resumes, and more. Special thanks to Jack Gilroy of PCNYS and Veterans for Peace for initiating this effort. Dear Archbishop Wester: Congratulations on being named Pax Christi USA's Teacher... Read More

Chee Yan Shek, Operations Manager with the The Ecological Conversion Group writes: The We Believe Festival is a unique event that brings Catholics from all across the UK to come together as the body of Christ. As a small independent charity responding to Laudato Si', we were keen to take up the opportunity to become a partner for this year's We Believe Festival. Our mission at the Ecological Conv... Read More

Priests Against Genocide IRL-UK, part of an international network spanning 62 countries and comprising more than 2,500 Catholic priests, bishops and cardinals, today issued an open letter to the Irish Taoiseach, Tánaiste and the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), demanding urgent action to stop the CBI from transferring approval of the 2026 Israel Bonds prospectus to any EU member sta... Read More

Sr Katrina Alton csjp, will be leading Pax Christi's Novena for Hiroshima, nine days of prayer for peace, in the lead up to the anniversaries of the nuclear bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This can be followed in audio or video format, through the following links: YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRERju264dbQ&si=zksh789Spo-dhg7D Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1fL1pY... Read More