By The following is a selection of resources from Pax Christi International, its membership, partners, and other sources relating to the global COVID-19 pandemic. We welcome submissions to this page from our members and partners. If you have something to contribute, please email Erin Green at e.green@paxchristi.net.
Pax Christi International
- Responding to structural violence exposed by Covid19, essays by Marie Dennis in consultation with Pax Christi members and partners.
- Joint Statement from Civil Society to the States Parties of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Pax Christi International (Co-signatory). 11 May 2020.
- In these times of pandemic, let us defend European values: democracy and human rights. Pax Christi International. 9 April 2020.
- En ces temps de pandémie, défendons les valeurs Européennes : la démocratie et les droits de l’Homme. Pax Christi International. 9 April 2020.
- Pax Christi joins Pope Francis, UN in call for global ceasefire. Pax Christi International. 6 April 2020.
- Statement about the ceasefire in Colombia. Pax Christi International. 4 April 2020.
- Message from PCI Co-Presidents Msgr Marc Stenger and Sr Teresia Wamũyũ Wachira. 30 March 2020.
- Letter to the rescue of people in the Middle East against the sanctions of Trump, PCI Presidency, International Board and Pax Christi sections,March 27, 2020.
- COVID-19: Toward authentic security rooted in nonviolence, Marie Dennis, Catholic Nonviolence Initiative. 25 March 2020.
- Life in a time of a global pandemic crisis, Msgr Marc Stenger, Co-President, Pax Christi International. 23 March 2020.
Pax Christi Members
- Activisme des groupes armés, Etat d’urgence, « cessez-le-feu » des Nations Unies et COVID-19 en RD Congo, Africa Reconciled. 5 May 2020.
- ASEAN urged to heed UN Sec-Gen call for ceasefire, ensure human rights amid COVID19, Pax Christi Pilipinas (Signatory). 1 April 2020.
- Campagne contre la pandémie de coronavirus, Réseau Jeunes dans le Monde pour la Paix. 21 April 2020.
- Campagne de sensibilisation et plaidoyer sur la pandemie du covid-19 dans les provinces du nord et sud-kivu, a l’est de la republique democratique du congo, Africa Reconciled. 1 April 2020.
- Chiapas: National Guard and Police Oppression of Migrants Protesting over COVID-19 Fears, SIPAZ.
- Click here for Spanish language article.
- Colombia: Armed groups using corona crisis as cover to kill, Pax Netherlands. 27 March 2020.
- Coronavirus Response: Pray, Study, Act, Resources from Pax Christi USA.
- Coronavirus songs in French and Tshiruba. Réseau Jeunes dans le Monde pour la Paix. 15 April 2020.
- Corona tue by Blackman (chanson de sensibilisation, MP3), Africa Reconciled. 1 April 2020.
- The COVID-19 crisis in the occupied Palestinian territories and AEI’s response, Arab Educational Institute. 19 April 2020.
- Le COVID-19 et ses assauts en RD Congo: Etat des lieux dans certaines entités du Nord et Sud-Kivu, Africa Reconciled. 20 April 2020.
- Covid-19: Lessons not yet learnt by Joe Camilleri, Pax Christi Australia, originally published on Pearls and Irritations. 1 May 2020.
- Crisis en el sector salud aumenta el riesgo para la vida de población en Chiapas ante el Covid 19, FRAYBA.
- Easter in the Time of COVID-19, Sr Patricia McCarthy, CND. 31 March 2020.
- Esprit critique face a la foison de nouvelles sur covid-19, Centre d’information et d’animation missionnaire (CIAM). 10 April 2020.
- 42.000 Flüchtlinge können und müssen verteilt werden, Pax Christi Österreich. 6 April 2020.
- « Guerre » et « paix » au temps du coronavirus, Alfonso Zardi, Pax Christi France. 2 April 2020.
- A Holy Week Prayer for Comfort, Sisters of Mercy. 6 April 2020.
- Kossen: Arbeitsmigranten sind betrogene Verlierer, Pax Christi Germany. 30 March 2020.
- NotiFrayba: Los derechos humanos ante el Covid 19 (Podcast, Article), FRAYBA.
- Pandemic & privilege: U.S. policies and practices condemn our sisters and brothers to death by coronavirus, Mary T. Yelenick for Pax Christi USA. 7 April 2020.
- Pax and the COVID-19 response, Pax en de COVID-19 respons, Pax Netherlands. 7 April 2020.
- A Personal Communion of Saints in the Time of Coronavirus, Sr Patricia McCann. 29 March 2020.
- A Prayer to Relieve Fears, Sisters of Mercy. 30 March 2020.
- Press Release: COVID 19 Prayers and Prevention, National Commission for Justice and Peace (Pakistan).
- Respekte Lavi ak k moun, Komisyon Nasyonal Jistis ak Lapè (Haiti). 7 Mai 2020. (French and Creole)
- Sensibilisation contre COVID-19, Centre d’information et d’animation missionnaire (CIAM). 15 April 2020.
- Si ferma l’economia civile ma quella incivile continua a lavorare, Mosaico di pace (Pax Christi Italy). 24 March 2020.
- Teste de indígena falecida dá positivo para Covid-19 em Alter do Chão, Oswaldo Braga de Souza, Comissão Pastoral da Terra.
- Toi COVID-19, Arrête-toi maintenant, Union Pour La Promotion, La Defense Des Droits Humains Et L’environnement. 20 April 2020.
- Tot hoever zijn we solidair in tijden van coronacrisis? Pax Christi Flanders. 24 March 2020.
- Urgent! Tell IMF to Stop Global Coronavirus Economic Crash, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
- Vrede in tijden van corona, Pax Netherlands. 3 April 2020.
- Working for Peace in a Time of Isolation, Resources from Pax Christi UK.
- Working on the protection of civilians in times of corona, Protection of Civilians (Pax Netherlands).
Other Resources
- Aprovechando crisis por coronavirus, amplían estado de emergencia en espinar y chumbivilcas en cusco, Derescho sin fronteras. 5 April 2020.
- Caritas global response to COVID-19 crisis, Caritas International.
- Coronavirus is a historic trigger event — and it needs a movement to respond, Paul Engler, Waging Nonviolence. 16 March 2020.
- Coronavirus krach financier et krach politique, Nicole Gnesotto, professeur du CNAM, Vice-présidente de l’Institut Jacques Delors. 21 March 2020.
- Coronavirus: La respuesta debe basarse íntegramente en los derechos humanos, afirma Bachelet, The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Central America).
- Coronavirus in Conflict Zones: A Sobering Landscape, Frances Z. Brown and Jarrett Blanc for Carnegie Endowment for Peace. 14 April 2020.
- COVID-19: Mining Companies Putting Workers and Communities at Greater Risk, Mining Watch Canada. 31 March 2020.
- COVID-19 Response & Resources, Alliance for Peacebuilding.
- COVID-19: “Waging War” Against a Virus is NOT What We Need to Be Doing, Cynthia Enloe, Published to Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.
- Crisis and opportunity, Michael Pulham, The Universe. 27 March 2020.
- Extraordinary Moment of Prayer, Presided over by Pope Francis. 27 March 2020.
- Faces of help: WCC offers resource people to accompany during COVID-19 pandemic, World Council of Churches. 26 March 2020.
- Grace will conquer hopelessness, Nicole Trahan, Global Sisters Report. 3 April 2020.
- The horror films got it wrong. This virus has turned us into caring neighbours, George Monbiot, The Guardian. 31 March 2020.
- Love in the Time of Coronavirus, Ken Butigan, Campaign Nonviolence. 14 March 2020.
- Nancy Lindborg on the Impact of Coronavirus in Fragile States (Podcast), United States Institute of Peace. 26 March 2020.
- New Policy Briefing on COVID-19: Protecting The Vulnerable – Supporting Our People, Eurodiaconia. 24 March 2020.
- Nonviolence: A path to action and conversion beyond Covid-19 by Pat Gaffney for the Independent Catholic News. 13 July 2020.
- One year of U.S. nuclear weapons spending would provide 300,000 ICU beds, 35,000 ventilators and salaries of 75,000 doctors, Matthew Impelli, Newsweek. 26 March 2020.
- Our church doors are shut and our members quarantined. Yet grace abounds, Crystal Hardin. 13 March 2020.
- Pastoral Letter, Brothers of Charity. 17 March 2020.
- Poblaciones de San Lorenzo denuncian contaminación en sus ríos por actividades mineras intensificadas durante la cuarentena, Alianza por los Derechos Humanos. 4 April 2020.
- Religions for Peace’s Interfaith Moment of Hope & Solidarity in the time of COVID-19, Religions for Peace International. 1 April 2020.
- Statement regarding Coronavirus, Network of Christian Peace Organisations. 30th March 2020
- Saludo de semana santa en el contexto del covid19, SICSAL. 6 April 2020.
- The Way of the Cross: A Prayer for Hope and Healing Amidst a Global Pandemic (YouTube), Zack Stachowski, Matt Reichert, and Bex Gaunt for Open Your Hymnal. 2 April 2020.
