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Laudate Deum embodies this spirit of the nonviolent way forward by standing against the power of the systemic violence destroying the planet; by proposing nonviolent approaches and strategies; and by calling for nonviolent action. In reflecting on this follow-up to Laudato Si’, it is possible to see this document itself [...]

With Pope Francis, we hear both the “cry of the earth and the cry of the poor” (Laudato Si’ 49). We deeply recognize that our lack of connection with the environment is a form of violence and contributes to the activity of war. “Might is right” has engendered immense inequality [...]

Over the course of his ten-year papacy Pope Francis has played a critical role in advancing nonviolence. His appeal for the world to pray for a nonviolent culture is just the most recent call to the Church and the world to take up the way of active and creative nonviolence [...]