Justice, Peace & Environment

Despite claims by Israeli authorities that there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, most major international NGOs have been unable to deliver a single truck of lifesaving supplies since 2 March. Instead of clearing the growing backlog of goods, Israeli authorities have rejected requests from dozens of NGOs to bring in lifesaving goods, citing that these organizations are "not authorize... Read More

Westminster Justice and Peace are taking a small delegation of 10 people to Rome to take part in the Jubilee of Justice on Saturday 20 September 2025. There are a few places still available. We will be staying at Villa Lante Center, a property belonging to the Sacred Heart Sisters and located in the heart of Trastevere, near the Vatican City. Activities will include a Pilgrimage to the Holy Door, ... Read More

Father Nandino Capovilla, priest of the Diocese of Venice and former National Coordinator of Pax Christi Italia, was denied entry by the Israeli authorities at Tel Aviv airport and returned to Italy on alleged security grounds. He was in the Holy Land for a pilgrimage as part of the Bridges, Not Walls campaign of Pax Christi Italia, an initiative seeking to build relationships, overcome divisions,... Read More

Next month, ACN Scotland is hosting Timothy Cho, a North Korean human rights activist and two-time defector, who has found refuge in the UK and now advocates for religious freedom around the world. Silent No More: A North Korean Testimony will see Timothy share his remarkable journey, discussing how faith has shaped his path and what life is like for Christians in North Korea. The evening at St Jo... Read More

Carmelite priest Fr John McGowan from St Joseph's Parish, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross, writes: I set out from my parish determined to get arrested at the demonstration in Parliament Square. I was nervous, with butterflies in my stomach, but I knew I would do it. What made me this way was what was happening in Gaza and the West Bank. I had lived in Jerusalem for almost five years and had come... Read More

For this year's Season of Creation, a number of Scottish Faith Organisations have come together to offer four zoom sessions that address some of the key challenges and offer ways of responding that give us, and future generations, hope. The sessions begin on Thursday 4th September when Martha Inés Romero, the Secretary General of Pax Christi International, will share on Climate Change and Just Pe... Read More

On Saturday night, outside Downing Street, a large group of UK rabbis, including the UK's most senior progressive rabbis, protested the continuation of the war in Gaza. They used the fire, spices and wine of the ritual that ends Shabbat to pray in solidarity with the hostages and those Gazans being starved and suffering from lack of essential aid. The prayed in English, Arabic and Hebrew with the ... Read More

Fr Dominic Robinson SJ, Parish priest at Farm Street Church gave the following reflection and prayer at the interfaith Nagasaki Day Commemoration Ceremony at the London Peace Pagoda, Battersea on Saturday, 9 August. A Catholic Prayer A group of us have just walked from a service at Westminster Cathedral, commemorating the life and witness of the Catholic layman, Blessed Franz Jägerstätter. Bles... Read More

Sr Katrina Alton CSJP gave this reflection at the Pax Christi peace service on Saturday held in the Crypt of Westminster Cathedral, to commemorate the life and witness of Blessed Franz Jagerstatter, who was executed on 9 August 1943 for refusing to join Hitler's army. "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Luke 12:34 In every generation, the Gospel confronts the powers of t... Read More

At the end of a week in which the news from Gaza and the West Bank was increasingly grim, and there were the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many thousands of peace campaigners of all faiths and none took part in several major events in London - most of which have not been reported by the mainstream media. Here's a brief summary - more in-depth... Read More

On the feast day of Edith Stein, St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, and the day in which several major peace events took place in London* Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Bishops' Conference, expressed his sorrow and condemnation after Israel's security cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza City. "There must be a better way," he said. "One that doe... Read More

On the 10th anniversary of the publication of the encyclical Laudato Si', Pope Leo XIV has approved for use the Decree for the Missa pro custodia creationis - 'Mass for the Care of Creation'. This new formulary of the Roman Missal is included in the Masses pro variis necessitatibus vel ad diversa ('for various needs and occasions') and has been approved by the Holy Father through the Decretum de f... Read More

'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?' The people of Gaza are being starved, without mercy and without relief. Many thousands, mostly women and children, have been killed. Many thousands more have been left with life-changing injuries. Most have lost their homes. Nearly all the hospitals, schools, universities, churches, mosques, museums and h... Read More

This online event: Sustaining the Impact, marks the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si', Pope Francis' groundbreaking encyclical on care for our common home. Laudato Si', helped shape international conversations on the environment, including influencing the moral framework of the Paris Agreement (COP21). In it, Pope Francis called for an "integral ecology" - one that recognises the deep connection be... Read More