Book compiles Pope Francis' commentaries on war and peace
Being against war and for peace requires more than urgent appeals and treaties, according to Pope Francis. It requires a demanding, lifelong process that starts in the human heart and boldly expands outward into a broken world, he has said.
Church proclaims a new culture of peace
As war and conflict rage during a prolonged pandemic, Christians prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus who offered peace as a parting gift to His disciples.
‘War spending’ traps us in new Cold War
The world doesn’t just feel like a more dangerous place since Russian troops entered Ukraine, it is a reality.
Glen Argan: Waging spiritual warfare against war itself
The carnage has begun. Is there any way it can end without the annihilation of Ukraine? NATO has (rightly) refused to enter the fray, fearing that its participation will lead to the further spread of war and possibly to nuclear war. Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are having no effect on the fighting. It may be months before economic sanctions bring Russia to its knees. Ukraine’s heroic defence is no match in the short run for Russia’s military might.
Editorial: War and the Cross
Fifty-two years ago this June, Mr. Edwin Starr immortally caught millions of ears around the world with a song that asked a short, sharp rhetorical question.
Analysis: Why a war is never just war
War is never moral. It is not ordered to the good. But the Church through the centuries has taught that when faced with war, or the prospect of war, we must think carefully and morally — prudence first. So, is a war that pits a broad Western alliance against Russian aggression in Ukraine a just war?
Ethiopian fighting could spark new refugee crisis
Church networks are getting ready for a humanitarian disaster and a massive wave of new refugees as the civil war in Ethiopia rages on.
Aid groups help the poor caught in Ukraine conflict
VATICAN CITY - God does not play favorites, but human beings do in little ways at school and in big ways with the global economy, Pope Francis told students from Milan's Istituto San Carlo, a school with students from prekindergarten through high school.
‘More must be done’ for abused women religious, Pope says
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT – The clerical sex abuse of women religious is a problem in the Church and more must be done about it, said Pope Francis.
Editorial: Will we ever learn?
A hundred years on, the numbers remain chilling — more than 15 million dead, including 61,000 Canadians.
Bells of Peace will ring to mark 100th anniversary of the end of WWI
Churches of all denominations across Canada are being asked to participate in the Royal Canadian Legion’s Bells of Peace at sunset on Remembrance Day, Nov. 11.