The Catholic Register

West Bank priests stress nonviolence as youths protest Israeli occupation

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 16:00:59 -0400

JERUSALEM – With tensions still high in the Old City following weeks of violence, Fr. Firas Aridah completed his work at the Latin Patriarchate early so he could leave Jerusalem for his West Bank parish before any possible violence began.

Pax Christi International plans new peace initiative

evan.boudreau@catholicregister.org (Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register) — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 08:35:00 -0400

Pax Christi International is stepping up its efforts to position the Catholic Church as a leader in promoting non-violence.

Buddhists, Christians must help promote nonviolence, cardinal says

Mon, 24 Apr 2017 08:45:00 -0400

VATICAN CITY – Catholics and Buddhists must strengthen efforts to reject violence in all of its forms as well as to urge and educate people in a life of nonviolence, said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.