NEWS: Media coverage of “Nonviolence and Just Peace” conference in Rome

This past week, Pax Christi International co-convened  with the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, UISG/USG and many other international Catholic organizations, an international conference on nonviolence and just peace. For media coverage of this historic gathering, follow the links below:

• Pope Francis’s message to the conference, from Vatican Radio
• Vatican to host first-ever conference to reevaluate just war theory, justifications for violence, from National Catholic Reporter
• Pax Christi puts pressure on Vatican to end its support for ‘just wars’, from The Tablet
• Landmark Vatican conference rejects just war theory, asks for encyclical on nonviolence, from National Catholic Reporter
• The historic Vatican peace conference, from The Huffington Post
• Vatican conference urges end to doctrine of “just wars”, from the Associated Press
• Pax Christi promotes “Just Peace” rather than “Just War”, from Vatican Radio
• Help end death penalty, debt burden, war, pope tells activists, from Catholic News Service
• Cardinal Turkson addresses peacebuilding conference, from Vatican Radio
• Francis encourages Vatican just war conference to revitalize tools of non-violence, from National Catholic Reporter
• Appuyons davantage une théorie de la ‘Juste Paix’ by Cathobel
• Vatican Conference on Non-Violence Rejects “Just War” Theory by National Catholic Register