Statements

Below is a sampling of key statements from Pax Christi USA. Click here for a fuller list of all posts tagged as statements.

U.S. Elections 2020

• 9/16/20 – Statement of Principles for the 2020 Elections

Racial Justice

• 7/12/20 – White fragility cannot block the conversations we need to have on race in the Church
• 6/1/20 – Media statement: Focus on justice for George Floyd, not judging protesters
• 5/27/20 – Statement on the death of George Floyd and the racism that seeds terror, disfigures our humanity
• 6/27/18 – Response to the Supreme Court upholding the Muslim ban
• 4/12/18 – Housing discrimination persists leaving people of color “no room at the inn”
• 8/14/17 – On Charlottesville: Silence is the softer voice of racism
• 7/11/16 – On Racial Violence in the U.S.
• 6/23/15 – On the massacre in Charleston, S.C.
• 11/25/14 – Following the grand jury decision in the Michael Brown shooting
• 8/15/14 – On the killing of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, MO
• 7/23/13 – On the U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the Voting Rights Act
• 9/1/05 – On the response to Hurricane Katrina
• For a comprehensive list of resources in support of Black Lives Matter, click here.

Immigration

• 6/18/20 – Statement on the Supreme Court decision to block Trump’s attempt to dismantle DACA
• 2/15/19 – The real national emergency is the continued hatred and scapegoating of migrants
• 6/15/18 – Not in our name: Pax Christi USA deeply disturbed by vile treatment of immigrant
• 4/10/18 – Jesus said to welcome the stranger, not militarize the border
• 11/22/17 – Trump ends Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants, consistently rejects Communities of Color
• 9/7/17 – Disassembling DACA a blatant disregard of human & civil rights
• 12/1/10 – On immigration reform

COVID-19 Pandemic

• 5/29/20 – A National Day of Mourning and Lament
• 5/17/20 – A pledge to protect others
• 3/27/20 – Letter calling on U.S. President to lift sanctions during COVID-19 pandemic
• For a complete list of articles, including various statements and letters we signed onto in support of numerous actions addressing the pandemic, click here. More resources on the pandemic can be found here.

Human Rights

• 6/15/20 – Pax Christi USA welcomes Supreme Court decision barring discrimination against LGBTQ workers
• 6/6/18 – We join Pax Christi International in denouncing anti-Semitism
• 2/1/06 – On torture
• 1/1/00 – On the death penalty
• 1/1/81 – On abortion

Iran

• 1/8/20 – Faith statement on escalating violence with Iran
• 1/3/20 – Media statement on the US assassination of Iran’s General Soleimani
• 6/25/19 – The threat of war with Iran
• 5/9/18 – Backing out of the Iran Deal is another blow to U.S. credibility

Gun Violence

• 8/5/19 – Mass shooting tragedies are the expected consequences of hatred and violence
• 10/30/18 – In solidarity with the people of Pittsburgh
• 3/15/18 – Students who walked out to end gun violence: we are with you
• 11/6/17 – The mass shootings continue. Where is the gun control?
• 10/5/17 – Pax Christi USA responds to the Las Vegas tragedy
• 6/12/16 – On the Orlando tragedy
• 10/2/15 – On the shooting massacre at Umpqua Community College, Oregon
• 12/19/12 – On the events at Sandy Hook in Newtown, CT

Nuclear Disarmament

• 8/6/20 – Interfaith statement on the 75th anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• 2/5/19 – Pax Christi USA denounces U.S. and Russian withdrawal from nuclear weapons treaty
• 3/1/11 – On Nuclear De-Alerting
• 5/1/08 – On the 25th anniversary of The Challenge of Peace
• 6/1/98 – On the morality of nuclear deterrence

Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church

• 8/21/18 – Can a Church betrayed become a Church redeemed?

Climate Crisis

• 6/1/17 – On the United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
• 5/1/07 – On global climate change

Palestine and Israel

• 7/23/14 – Statement on the violence in the Middle East

Drones

• 12/3/12 – On drones

Other statements

• 10/6/20 – Fratelli Tutti: A foundation for advancing nonviolence in a violent world (Pax Christi International)
• 6/10/20 – Catholic protester was standing up for the values he believes in
• 9/11/11 – Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of 9-11
• 5/4/11 – Statement on the death of Osama bin Laden
• 3/1/09 – “It is time to end the trail of resentment and hatred,” statement on the war in Afghanistan
• 7/1/04 – The Catholic Vote and Catholic Values: Called to Embrace All of Life
• 9/26/01 – On the aftermath of September 11th
• 9/12/01 – On September 11th
• 1/1/01 – On the Federal Budget: Bread not Stones