Justice, Peace & Environment

The World Council of Churches (WCC) invites people and churches to join in global prayers for peace, starting with the Middle East on 26 March. In a world marked by growing conflict, suffering, and uncertainty, the WCC reaffirms its calling as a fellowship of churches to stand together in prayer for peace. As part of this commitment, the WCC is initiating a series of global prayers for peace, to ... Read More

Nonviolence is not weakness - it is action. Deliberate, organized, faithful, and rooted in the Gospel - that was the message from Professor Nicolas Paz, Director of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative, and Associate Professor at the Pontifical University of Salamanca during his inspiring keynote address to a packed audience at an event at Farm Street Jesuit Centre last Saturday, organised by Pax C... Read More

Many churches are starting to officially institute the 'Feast of Creation in Christ' in their liturgical calendars, preparing for their first-ever celebrations this year. A key highlight is that the new Feast was added to the Revised Common Lectionary that many Protestant churches use. It is a major ecumenical milestone. The World Council of Churches will convene a webinar later today (March 19), ... Read More

In response to a question from journalists yesterday, Trump stated that Israel would "never" use the nuclear bomb if the conflict with Iran were to escalate. In doing so, he not only ignored Israel's long-standing policy of not explicitly acknowledging that it possesses nuclear weapons, but also raised the question of whether he was speaking on Israel's behalf. The war between Israel, the United S... Read More

Christians for Palestine, Jesuit Refugee Services, St Martin in the Fields, Oasis, Green Christian, are among more than 30 Christian groups in the Together Alliance on Saturday, 28 March, which now has the support of hundreds of organisations representing more than seven million people in the UK, united in their determination to oppose the rise of the far right. Many groups will already have m... Read More

Pax Christi USA and almost 40 other organizations have signed a statement expressing their opposition to new efforts to enact a federal military draft. A diverse coalition is mobilizing opposition to a recently-passed federal law that seeks to step up preparations for and readiness to activate a military draft. The new law authorizes the federal Selective Service System to begin using automated in... Read More

As we approach Holy Week our thoughts and prayers are very much on the Holy Land and particularly on the last days of Jesus, as he approached Jerusalem. In an act of deep symbolism and solidarity, a number of Catholic and Anglican Dioceses have again chosen Palestinian Olive Oil as the base for their Holy Oils. So far, these include the Catholic Dioceses of Arundel and Brighton and Birmingham, and... Read More

The International network: Priests Against Genocide' have issued the following statement titled: Justice for Father Pierre Al-Rahi: A cry against impunity and war: We express our deepest and most heartfelt condolences for the killing of Father Pierre Al Rahi, parish priest of St George in Qlayaa, southern Lebanon, who was torn from his land and his people on March 9 by an attack by the Israeli arm... Read More

Baroness Patricia Scotland, former Secretary-General to the Commonwealth of Nations, is to give a keynote address at a landmark conference in London addressing increasing challenges to religious freedom around the world. A panel discussion "Dare to Believe - Is Religious Freedom under growing threat around the world", a hybrid event, is taking place at 3pm on Sunday, 19th April 2026 at Farm Street... Read More

In a letter sent to a gathering in his home town of Chicago, Pope Leo said: "when people of different religious traditions come together in prayer, it has the power to change the course of history." Writing to participants in the International Encounter for Peace and Reconciliation at Loyola University, Pope Leo began by saying he was pleased they were continuing with the 'Building Bridges Init... Read More

This Sunday, 8 March 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 w... Read More

At the beginning of March 2026, with multiple countries now at war, it may seem a mad idea to discuss nonviolence. Or perhaps it's a very wise and sane thing to do? A sign of true repentance, and intended conversion to the Gospel? Pope Leo gave us the prompt in his Ash Wednesday address: "We perceive in the ashes imposed on us the weight of a world that is ablaze, of entire cities destroyed by war... Read More

This evening, for the second time in a year, the Metropolitan Police raided a Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists who were meeting there, on the grounds that they were conspiring to commit a criminal act. The room in Westminster Quaker Meeting House was let to Take Back Power to hold nonviolent direct action training. Quakers support the principle of nonviolent... Read More

On the second day of their Spring General Meeting, the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference in Maynooth, published the following statement calling for peace in the Middle East: Yet again, the people of the Middle East are experiencing an unjust war with the loss of innocent lives. War is utterly destructive. In an era of change and readjustment of geopolitical balances and cultural paradigms, wa... Read More