Category: Peace
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Jeju Island at a Crossroads: Peace, Militarization, and Local Resistance
In light of April’s upcoming Korea Peace Study Group about the Jeju 4.3 Massacre, cross-posting an update from a Catholic peace activist from Jeju Island on the struggle against the modern militarization of their “Island of Peace”
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Fund Peace, Not War
Globally, military spending already exceeds $2.7 trillion annually. Pause and reflect with Nigerian peacebuilder, Moses Abolade. What would this money do if redirected?
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Send One Korea Peace Email Before 2025 Ends
The US Congress is going to close shop on December 19th. Before they head home for the holidays, will you take a moment to send one email for Korea Peace?
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Veteran Catholic aid worker warns sanctions deepen suffering in isolated North Korea
A Catholic Swiss aid worker with three decades of on-the-ground experience in North Korea has warned that international sanctions are worsening the hardship of ordinary citizens, even as the country remains sealed off from nearly all humanitarian access.
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Phone Banking for Korea Peace, 12/11 @ 2 pm ET
Join us for a virtual power hour phone-banking session to urge members of Congress to support H.R.1841, the Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act because it’s WAY past time to #EndTheKoreanWar.
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Pope to young people: Go beyond your comfort zones and build peace
In a message for the 40th World Youth Day Pope Leo XIV reminds young people that as Christians they have a responsibility to stand alongside those who suffer and become active artisans of peace.
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Love as the Source of Nonviolence
Cross-posting Fr. Richard Rohr’s reflections about the futility of violence on this International Day of Peace. #InternationalDayofPeace #September21 #Peace #Nonviolence #MLK #RichardRohr #Love #Agape #Jesus #Gandhi #Strategy #Principle #MuntherIsaac #Palestine #Gaza #Theology
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We Need a “Cease-Hatred”
No nation has ever become secure by savaging another, yet there are 55 wars going on in our world today. We need a deeper education where the principles of understanding, empathy, and structures for peace make possible a world where cycles of violence are broken.
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On the Killing of Charlie Kirk
The trap of violence & the suffering it creates was on full display last week. We can escape this trap through the power of active nonviolence, which resists the temptation to add more violence & searches relentlessly for just, lasting solutions to break the cycle beyond retaliation & escalation.
Seeds Will Grow 