In solidarity with our 120+ sister organizations in the Pax Christi International network from around the world, Pax Christi USA with our regions, local groups, members and partners prays, studies, acts and celebrates the power of nonviolence each year between September 21st (International Day of Peace) and October 2nd (International Day of Nonviolence and Gandhi’s … Continue reading Join Pax Christi USA for the Catholic Nonviolence Days of Action, Sept. 21 to Oct. 2, 2021
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Pax Christi USA supports West Virginia faith leaders to pass the Freedom to Vote Act
This week, West Virginia faith leaders are beginning a "Season of Prayer and Fasting for a Faithful Democracy" to pass the Freedom to Vote Act. The new bill protects everyone's ability to vote and restricts manipulative tactics including big power money interests and gerrymandering. Pax Christi USA has joined this collective effort to pass "Joe's … Continue reading Pax Christi USA supports West Virginia faith leaders to pass the Freedom to Vote Act
How the recent history of the Latin American Church shaped Pope Francis
by Joseph Nangle, OFMPax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace Every pope brings his own life's experience to the papacy. John XXIII was an Italian hierarch who had a thirty-year experience as apostolic nuncio to Bulgaria, then as a Vatican diplomat to Turkey and finally nuncio in France. Those years away from Rome certainly influenced his … Continue reading How the recent history of the Latin American Church shaped Pope Francis