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  • 21 Jan 2011
    Quakers mark anniversary of Peace Declaration

    Quakers are marking the 350th anniversary of the first written declaration of Quaker commitment to peace.

  • 23 Sep 2010
    Prayers for peace echo around the world

    The International Day of Prayer for Peace attracted a guge range of participants from around the globe, reports the World Council of Churches.

  • 6 Jul 2010
    Faith leaders must be peacemakers, says Eritrean author

    Faith leaders in Africa have a responsibility to act as peacemakers rather than to fuel strife, says a Lutheran theologian from Eritrea in a new book.

  • 1 Jul 2010
    Inter-church body and Anabaptist denomination make joint peace appointment

    The National Council of Churches USA and the Church of the Brethren have jointly appointed Jordan Blevins to lead an ecumenical peacemaking programme on behalf of the two organisations.

  • 9 Jun 2009
    Tutu urges the world not to forget Israel's peace movement

    It is important to remember that "many people in Israel belong to the peace movement", a group that should not be forgotten, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has said, encouraging moves toward a just peace.

  • 16 Sep 2008
    Global peace prayer and action day grows

    Organisers of the International Day of Prayer for Peace, which is observed on 21 September 2008, say that record numbers of churches, groups and individuals will be joining in all across the world.

  • 28 Aug 2008
    London vigil against the deportation of US Iraq war resisters

    Christian and other peacemakers staged a 10-hour vigil outside Canada House in London's Trafalgar Square yesterday, to call on on the Canadian government to halt the deportation of US soldiers who have fled the war in Iraq.

  • 7 May 2008
    New Zealand peace activists target military spy base

    A Catholic priest has taken part in last week's early-morning non-violent action against the Waihopai military satellite communications interception station, near Blenheim, New Zealand.

  • 11 Mar 2008
    Which citizenship? Whose kingdom?

    In Christian and biblical terms, good citizenship is not about flag-waving, says Simon Barrow. It is about the good practices and ways of organising our public lives which enable people to belong to one another across nation state boundaries.

  • 29 Jan 2007
    First all-women peacekeeping unit at work in war-torn Liberia

    The first all-women peacekeeping unit has begun work in Liberia, joining the United Nations Peacekeeping operations. Though they are well armed, they are also developing the use of unarmed and non-violent interventions, “changing the balance of approach”, some experts say.