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  • 27 Jan 2013
    Holocaust remembrance, truth, nonviolence and the Responsibility to Protect

    "Denying historical facts, especially on such an important subject as the Holocaust, is just not acceptable. Nor is it acceptable to call for the elimination of any State or people. I would like to see this fundamental principle respected both in rhetoric and in practice by all the members of the international community," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon back in 2005.

  • 23 Jan 2013
    Religious leaders meeting in Geneva advocate for peace

    At an inter-religious service organized by the Vatican, a church leader has advocated “expressions for peace and the mutual respect for the dignity of the other”.

  • 11 Nov 2012
    Peace Abbey emphasizes the mission of nonviolence

    One important alternative focus for Remembrance in November and at other times has been the Pacifist Memorial at the site of the Peace Abbey in Sherborn, Massachusetts, USA.

  • 10 Nov 2012
    Reimagining Remembrance
  • 24 Oct 2012
    WCC experience can be of value to UN system

    The World Council of Churches is a global organisation whose skills and experiences can create value for the UN, says WCC General Secretary.

  • 6 Oct 2012
    Major conference planned to tackle internal church conflict

    A national ‘Faith in Conflict’ conference due to be held in Coventry next year will seek to improve the way churches deal with internal conflict.

  • 23 Aug 2012
    Peace to be central to Greenbelt's 2012 'Saving Paradise' theme

    Peace, nonviolence and social justice will once again be high on the agenda of the held at Cheltenham Racecourse between August 24th and 27th.

  • 22 Aug 2012
    Peace is Christianity’s big secret, church told

    That God is a God of just-peace not violence is the revelation of Christ and the real truth of Christianity, two leading church figures have said.

  • 22 Aug 2012
    Catholic priest visits Britain to promote nonviolence

    Nobel Peace Prize nominee and globally recognised peace activist, Fr John Dear SJ, is taking part in the Festival of Spirituality and Peace on 23 August.

  • 21 May 2012
    Facing the Myth of Redemptive Violence

    The belief that violence “saves” is so successful because it doesn’t seem to be mythic in the least. Violence simply appears to be the nature of things. It’s what works. It seems inevitable, the last and, often, the first resort in conflicts, says the late Professor Walter Wink. If a god is what you turn to when all else fails, violence certainly functions as a god. What people overlook, then, is the religious character of violence. It demands from its devotees an absolute obedience-unto-death. It requires a theological critique.