Pax Christi USA has signed onto the U.S. Faith Leaders letter to President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry supporting the Colombia peace process, promoted by the Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia Committee. The letter begins:
As leaders of religious communities and faith-based organizations, we are grateful for President Obama’s support of the peace process in Colombia. After fifty years of internal armed conflict that has displaced over five million people and shattered countless lives, we join with our Colombian sisters and brothers during the upcoming 2013 Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia to say, “Now Is the Time for Peace with Justice.”
We know a lasting peace can only be built on the strong foundation of truth, justice, reparations to victims, and reconciliation at every level of Colombian society…