Justice, Peace & Environment

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

Fr Michel Abboud, OCD, immediate past President of Caritas Lebanon and Provincial Superior of the Carmelite Fathers in Lebanon gave the following reflection at WeBelieve Festival of Catholic Life: entitled Blessed are the Peacemakers - From the Wounded Heart to the Healing of the World. "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God." Matthew 5:9 First of all, I would like t... Read More

More than 50 Catholic leaders and organisations, including CAFOD, SCIAF, Laudato Si' Movement and Caritas Social Action Network, have signed a letter calling on new Prime Minister Andy Burnham not to approve the Rosebank oil field in the North Sea. The letter, coordinated by Operation Noah and Christian Climate Action, highlights Andy Burnham's Catholic faith and states: "As Catholics, we know tha... Read More

The Vatican Publishing House has released a new book by Pope Leo XIV entitled Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift. Edited by Alessandro Banfi, the volume brings together Pope Leo's addresses and reflections on peace since his election on 8 May 2025. The collection, which hits the bookshelves in Italian but will soon be available in English, opens with the following previously unpublished text ... Read More

Priests Against Genocide, a global network of more than 2,400 Catholic priests across 62 countries - including two cardinals and 26 bishops - has sent an open letter to An Taoiseach, An Tánaiste, government ministers and members of the Oireachtas, urging Ireland to use its new Presidency of the European Union to press for an end to the conflict in Gaza and for accountability under international l... Read More

Dr David Ryall, Director of Jesuit Refugee Service UK (JRS UK) has issued the following statement today; appealing to new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to build a humane asylum system: 'Guided by our experience of serving people seeking sanctuary, and the Catholic social teaching that underpins our work, the Jesuit Refugee Service UK urges the new Prime Minister to restore the right to asylum, end ... Read More

Around 100,000 campaigners marched in London on Saturday in the 36th National Demonstration for Palestine, to demand that Andy Burnham, the incoming prime minister, take immediate action against Israel's genocidal war in Palestine which has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians since October 2023. All faiths were represented on the march. There was a large Jewish bloc. Our Christian group gathered ... Read More

The Fairtrade Foundation welcomes Andy Burnham as the new Leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister, and urges his government in their first 100 days to ensure UK businesses behave responsibly by setting out a clear path to a mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD) law. Marie Rumsby, Advocacy Director at the Fairtrade Foundation, said: "The people working hard every day ... Read More

Nine different Christian networks and churches have written to Andy Burnham on the day he takes office as Prime Minister. Their letter calls on the new Prime Minister to prioritise peace, sustainable economics and tackling root causes of social unrest. It highlights challenges of war and climate change that will frame Mr Burnham's term, and encourages him to strike out on a different path to one s... Read More

As we approach the second anniversary of the landmark International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on the illegality of Israel's occupation of Palestine, with no clear response from the UK Government, Israel continues to increase its settlement activity, expropriating more Palestinian land in the West Bank. Pax Christi England and Wales is a member of the Just Peace Coalition and invites you t... Read More

Faith leaders from the Muslim, Jewish, Catholic and Anglican faiths in the UK have written to Andy Burnham MP, calling on him to prioritise action on climate and nature as he takes up his role as the new Prime Minister. At a panel event by faith leaders during London Climate Action Week, Climate Minister Katie White listened and responded to the leaders and commended faith communities for continu... Read More

The next National March for Palestine will take place in London this Saturday, 18 July 2026. Christians for Palestine will be joining the main march in Russell Square at 12 noon. We will gathering before in Bloomsbury Square Gardens - (a 4 minute walk from Russell Square.) If you arrive when the march has already begun - look out for the Christian Bloc which includes Westminster Justice & P... Read More

Last month, Marie Dennis (Pax Christi USA's 2022 Teacher of Peace) and Pace e Bene's Ken Butigan, the co-directors of the Catholic Institute for Nonviolence (a project of Pax Christi International), joined Catholic Nonviolence Initiative director Nicolás Paz in Rome facilitating the institute's seminar 'Answering Pope Leo's nonviolent appeal. The event featured scholars of strategic nonviolence K... Read More

This morning, Monday 13th July, the Church of England's General Synod voted in favour of a historic motion calling on the Church to "… Respond to the call of Palestinian Christians to stand in solidarity with them and their fellow Palestinians in non-violent resistance to the ongoing occupation." (GS 2451A DSM - Kairos Palestine) In a lively debate which spanned Sunday evening and Monday mornin... Read More