Toward a Just and Peaceful Solution in Iraq:
A Policy Paper on the War and Occupation
by Pax Christi USA, March 2008
The fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, March 19th, falls in Holy Week this year, a poignant reminder of the prolonged Holy Week suffering in Iraq. Five years after the invasion, the spiral of [...]
March 7, 2008
“Now, more than ever, America needs our moral witness. We need a surge in troops in the nonviolent army of the Lord. We need a surge in conscience and a surge in activism and a surge in truth-telling for a change.”
Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, CPWI worship, Washington National Cathedral, March 16, 2007
Dear Sisters [...]
By C. William Michaels,
Attorney-at-Law, Pax Christi Baltimore, January 11, 2008
Six years ago, few average Americans had heard of the Navy base at Guantanamo Bay. Now, the Camp Delta Facility at Guantanamo Bay is a universal symbol of the United States’ war on terrorism. And it is a watchword for just how far this administration, supported [...]
Ken Butigan
Declaration of Peace
The momentum to end the U.S. war in Iraq has accelerated dramatically over the past twelve months. Responding to the growing catastrophe on the ground and building on four years of work, the U.S. anti-war movement – led prominently by Iraq War veterans, military families, religious leadership, the Hip Hop community, and [...]
World Council of Churches
Statement of the general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, on the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq.
Seek peace and pursue it. (I Peter 3:10)
Blessed are the peacemakers as they shall be called children of God. (Matthew 5: 9)
A fundamental Christian belief is that God has [...]