Killer Drones: Immoral, Racist, and Unjust
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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Archive for category: War
Care of Our Common Home
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
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
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 together with your family and friends,
- Join with others all over the world to say this prayer each day,
- Send your own prayers and messages of hope.
Let Justice Roll Down
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
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 Christi International. Used with Permission.
Testament of Youth
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 experiences of a young British woman in WWI, the film prompts many questions about war and its impact.
Desperate Crossings
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 countries of Europe.
Court Orders Release of Nuclear Disarmament Trio
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 weapons plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in July 2012, and splashed a wall of a uranium storehouse with human blood and left anti-nuclear messages.
The Diary of Anne Frank
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 horrors. She remains a symbol of hope that this horrifying and tragic time in history must never be repeated.
Mediterranean Sea: A Growing Graveyard for Migrants
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 dignity, safety, and security.
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.
