Month: October 2020

Fratelli Tutti: A Foundation for Advancing Nonviolence in a Violent World

Pax Christi International is grateful for Pope Francis’ new encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti: On Fraternity and Social Friendship.” This timely document grapples with the realities of a polarized, violent and unjust world amid the worldwide crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic and envisions a new way forward to a more just, peaceful, equal, hopeful and nonviolent future.

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Celebrating the life of Sr. Ardeth Platte, a courageous, inspiring, peacemaker

Pax Christi International celebrates the life of Sr. Ardeth Platte, a courageous, inspiring, peacemaker “I refuse to have an enemy. I simply won’t.” (Sr. Ardeth Platte, to The Denver Post) Today we not only mourn but rejoice as we remember Sr. Ardeth Platte, a Dominican sister, Plowshares activist and nuclear disarmament advocate. Through her exemplary

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