This year, thirty-six nominees were put forward for consideration for the Pax Christi USA 2022 Teacher of Peace Award. Each year (with the exception of a four year hiatus between 2017-20), Pax Christi USA honors an outstanding peacemaker in the tradition of Sr. Thea Bowman, Dan Berrigan, Cesar Chávez, Dianna Ortiz, Dorothy Day, Ray East, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, … Continue reading Nominees announced for 2022 Teacher of Peace Award
NEWS: Vatican to host first-ever conference to reevaluate just war theory, justifications for violence
by Joshua McElwee, NCR ROME - The Vatican will be hosting a first of its kind conference next week to reexamine the Catholic church's long-held teachings on just war theory, bringing some 80 experts engaged in global nonviolent struggles to Rome with the aim of developing a new moral framework that rejects ethical justifications for war. Participants … Continue reading NEWS: Vatican to host first-ever conference to reevaluate just war theory, justifications for violence