On 12 May 2021, a group of 14 scientists and Catholic leaders, including Pax Christi International senior advisor Marie Dennis, released a statement calling on President Joe Biden to reduce the threat that nuclear weapons pose to the world and tp work with other nations toward their abolishment. The statement urged the Biden administration to
Pax Christi International is among more than 200 organisations to join in an international call to the United Nations Security Council to urgently impose a global arms embargo on Myanmar. Such action would help prevent further violations of human rights against peaceful protesters opposing military rule. In recent weeks, Myanmar security forces have killed hundreds
In mid-April in Goma (DR Congo) there were major demonstrations by young people and the general population against the presence of United Nations peacekeepers who are seen as ineffective and unhelpful in preventing massacres by armed groups in the region. (Story continues below photos) As these demonstrations degenerated into violence for several days, Pax Christi
