Pope Leo XIV called on everyone to root out false narratives being used to fuel today’s wars, conflict and violence. “People must not die because of fake news,” he told participants in the plenary assembly of ROACO, a Vatican coalition of Catholic charities. “It is truly distressing to see the principle of ‘might makes right’ […]
The bombings of Iran by Israel and the United States are clearly immoral when weighed against Catholic doctrine regarding war. According to the church’s second teaching on war known as the “just-war theory” – which stands in stark contrast to the Catholic Church’s oldest teaching on war which is “active nonviolence” or “prophetic pacifism”– one […]
Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, marks one year since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel. Thousands of people, both fighters and innocent civilians, have died in the continued exchange of violence. As it escalates and expands, more people are at risk. Today, we join our Holy Father, Pope Francis, and encourage all to dedicated […]
The nine nuclear-armed states – United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel – “continued to modernize their nuclear arsenals 2023.” This alarming statement from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s recently released “SIPRI Yearbook 2024,” should serve as a wake-up call that nuclear-armed powers have no intention to dismantle […]
Who arms the world’s violent conflicts? Answer: all of the major arms producing nations. According to a 25-year analysis of global conflicts and arms transfers conducted by the World Peace Foundation titled “Who Arms War?” all of the largest arms exporting nations continue to sell their weapons to countries even after wars start. It’s akin […]
CNA/VATICAN CITY — On the morning of Easter Sunday 2024, Pope Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Square before delivering his urbi et orbi message and blessing from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica in the presence of an estimated 60,000 people. “Urbi et orbi” means “To the city (of Rome) and to […]
In a recent interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, Pope Francis powerfully stated, “I will never tire of reiterating my call, addressed in particular to those who have political responsibility: ‘Stop the bombs and missiles now, end hostile stances (everywhere).’ … A global cease-fire is urgent: either we do not realize it, or we […]
In his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, the late Elie Wiesel, reflecting on the Holocaust, and his personal experience of it – being in the same World War II Nazi concentration camps where his mother, father and sister were murdered, and coming very close to being executed himself – voiced these profound words: “I […]
On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month in 1918 an armistice was declared, effectively ending one of the worst conflicts in history – World War I. But had the Central Powers and the opposing Allied Powers taken to heart Pope Benedict XV’s call for peace at the beginning of the […]
During the recent World Youth Day in Portugal, one of the 10 young people who had the unique opportunity to enjoy lunch with Pope Francis, Peruvian Clara Yacolca Farfan, 24, told Catholic News Service, “Some of us asked for his advice on how young people today can face some issues that are difficult, that are […]
