Archbishop Hebda Encourages Prayers, Peace After Fatal Police Shooting
By Joe Ruff – After a night of protests and vandalism April 11 in Brooklyn Centre, Minnesota, following the police shooting of Daunte Wright, Archbishop Bernard A....
Category: Violence
Belfast Bishop Urges Politicians to Avoid Inciting More Violence
The Catholic bishop of Belfast urged politicians to be more careful about their language as the city was engulfed in nightly violence. Bishop Noel Treanor also appealed...
Pope Denounces Mafia’s Exploitation of Pandemic
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Pope Francis condemned the way the Mafia is exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic by taking advantage of those in dire economic circumstances. Marking...
Bishop Sprays Holy Water From Firetruck To ‘Cleanse’ Colombian City
By Manuel Rueda – The bishop of a Colombian city that is suffering from a deadly spike in drug violence boarded a firetruck to spray the town’s...
Why did Did God Order Moses and Joshua to be Violent in the OT?
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: Please explain why God ordered Moses and Joshua to be so aggressive that they killed thousands of people and plundered their cities...
Addressing GBV Starts at Home
By Imelda Diouf – The Covid-19 magnifier has certainly presented, in no uncertain terms, the violent facts of South Africa. The gruesome details, the horrifying images, the dates...
Violence Against Women Needs Attention 365 Days Of Every Year
The Justice Desk is echoing calls to place issues of gender-based violence and femicide on the agenda 365 days a year. Jessica Dewhurst, the Catholic founder...
Bishop Victor Phalana: Speak Out on GBV ‘Pandemic’
Violence against women and children in South Africa is a “pandemic” which the government has to do more to fight, according to the Justice & Peace Commission...
‘A Riot Is The Language Of The Unheard’
Last year I was knocked to the ground and pinned down by an assailant who held his hand over my mouth. I cried out, “I can’t breathe!”...
Disrespect Kindles Rape and Murder
Antoinette Padua, Cape Town – We women are angry. I can hear the men laughing already. Who would not wish to stand up to say or do...
Churches Condemn Gauteng Street Violence
The violent acts, and burning and looting of business premises, mostly owned by migrants, in city centres and townships in Gauteng, have left the country in shock....
God is Calling us to Break Violence’s Stranglehold on our World
The recent tragic mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, killing at least 29 people, point to an ongoing epidemic of mass shootings in...
