Reflections on Pope Francis’ 2019 World Day of Peace message
The leader of the Catholic Church firmly teaches that our Gospel-based faith has a wealth of wisdom to offer the often corrupt world of politics. And that it is our duty to strive to...
Category: Peace & Justice
Pray for Peace as Christ’s Birth Signals New Age
Athaly Jenkinson, East London – Christmas is when the birth of Christ is heralded by angels singing of a new age of peace. We remember that St Francis of Assisi, who erected the first “crib”, was...
This Violence is Not Who We Are!
While I was reading an article by Ricardo da Silva SJ on Jesuit Institute Connect, titled “A Pain That We Must Hold”, my mind took me to the recent survey concerning the escalating level of violence in our country.
Praying for Peace at the Pentagon
Every Monday morning for the past 30 years, members of the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker community in Washington, D.C. have been making their way across the Potomac River to pray and nonviolently witness for...
Our Call to Welcome the Stranger
Today is World Refugee Day. To mark the occasion, Daluxolo Moloantoa explains how the Catholic Scalabrini centres respond to Christ: “I was a stranger and you welcomed me”(Mt 25:35). The Catholic Scalabrini Centre has...
SA-US Conference: Let’s Explore Religion and Racial Justice Links
A United States university will join up with South African bodies for an ecumenical conference on religion and racial justice in South Africa and the US.
Pope to Diplomats: This is What World Peace Takes
Because everyone has a right to life, liberty and personal security, nations must find nonviolent solutions to conflict and difficulties, Pope Francis said.
African Traditions Can Help Build Peace
The Gospel extends a peace greeting to all men of good will. FR PETER CHIMOMBE argues that traditional African methods of resolving conflict can serve as models for making peace.
The Dangerous Game of North Korean-American Chicken
Remember the game of chicken? It’s a foolishly high-stakes challenge in which two drivers risking death, drive on a collision course towards each other until one of the drivers chooses to swerve away.
Economic Development: Inequality is not Destiny
Economic development and growth have never automatically meant a greater gap between the rich and poor so there is no reason today for people to throw up their hands and simply accept increasing inequality, Pope Francis said.
‘Worse than Apartheid’
Fifty years of military occupation is too long, as a columnist last week noted. Tony Magliano, who writes internationally about issues of social justice, in his column quoted a Human Rights Watch official as...
50 years of Israeli Occupation – Enough is Enough!
US columnist Tony Magliano gives us a background to the Israeli-Palestine conflict and the injustices that have been occurring for too many years.
