War

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Killer Drones: Immoral, Racist, and Unjust

Creative Voice
Creative Voice Marjorie Cohn shares an essay on the immorality of drone warfare and offers reflection questions and a prayer for an end to the use of drones.
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Care of Our Common Home

Litany
This litany touches on many issues that affect all of us in our common home and invites each of us to act on behalf of the poorest in our global society.

Good Kill

Film Discussion Guide
The film Good Kill tells the story of a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot turned drone pilot and the effect this has on his own life, his family dynamic, and the new practices of modern day warfare.

Pax Christi International's Prayer for the People of Syria

Prayer
Pax Christi International's prayer card can be used for your own action to create signs of hope for Syria: Ask your parish to include this prayer in Masses on Sunday, 20 March, Start a vigil...
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Let Justice Roll Down

Prayer
In this time where injustice and violence seem to blanket the world, this prayer yearns for justice and peace to spring up and bring the flourishing of God’s grace to our earth once again.

Pax Christi International Calls for an End of Escalating Violence in Israel & Palestine

Reflection
This press release by Pax Christi International summarizes the escalating violence between Israel and Palestine and includes reflection questions for group discussion. Copyright © 2015, Pax...
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Testament of Youth

Film Discussion Guide
This film discussion guide helps us reflect on how the realities of war differ from the cultural and political "culture of war" often promoted to justify extreme violence. Through the actual...
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Desperate Crossings

Litany
This short litany focuses on the desperate desire of Africans mired in poverty to risk everything, even life itself, to migrate in dangerous boats to try to reach a better life in the developed...
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Court Orders Release of Nuclear Disarmament Trio

Reflection
On May 16, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the release of three Catholic peace activists, overturning their conviction of sabotage. The three protesters broke into the Y-12 nuclear...
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The Diary of Anne Frank

Film Discussion Guide
This film brings to life the writings of Anne Frank and her time in hiding in Amsterdam during World War II and the advance of Nazism in Europe. Anne Frank, born on June 12, 1929, braved unspeakable...
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Mediterranean Sea: A Growing Graveyard for Migrants

Prayer Service
This longer prayer service educates people of faith about the horrific plight of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. It lays out our Church's response to their quest for a life of...
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Remembering Monseñor Óscar Romero

Jimmy Francisco Ortiz Rodriguez is a young Salvadoran attorney who lends his voice to reflect on the life and legacy of Monseñor Oscar Romero and contemporary El Salvador.