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Thursday, December 7th, 2023
In a message to COP28 (Conference of Parties), Pope Francis stressed religious leaders’ responsibility for caring for the planet. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin read the message on Francis’s behalf on Sunday at the COP28 Faith Pavilion. He passed on Francis’s thanks to those in the new Pavilion. They included the Grand Imam of Read more
Tags: COP, COP28, Environment, Peace, Pope Francis, Religius leaders
Posted in World | Comments Off on Climate change is a religious problem, COP28 told
Monday, November 27th, 2023
Over the last weeks the war between Israel and Hamas has come to Australia. In our local park each junction of the path is marked by a stenciled message demanding a ceasefire and withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza. Large, mainly peaceful, demonstrations in favour of the people of Gaza and of Israel have been Read more
Tags: Israel-Hamas war, Migrant communities, Peace, Refugees, War
Posted in Analysis and Comment | Comments Off on The real enemy is war
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month in 1918 an armistice was declared, effectively ending one of the worst conflicts in history – World War I. On Nov. 11 the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and several other nations will observe the 100th anniversary of that historic day when the warring Read more
Tags: Peace, Tony Magliano, War
Posted in Analysis and Comment | Comments Off on Observing the end of the war to end all wars – the right way
Thursday, November 2nd, 2023
Pope Francis said it well: “War does not solve any problem, it only sows death and destruction, increases hatred, multiplies revenge. War erases the future.” The future for Palestinians and Israelis is being erased each passing day. Before it is too late, the United States and Congress should side with peace, not more war, in Read more
Tags: Hamas, Israel-Palestine conflict, Peace, President Joe Biden, Quakers, War
Posted in Analysis and Comment | Comments Off on Siding with peace in the Middle East
Thursday, October 26th, 2023
Stop the war! The war in the Holy Land must stop. Now. Please. Just stop. In a joint statement, Bishops from New Zealand’s two biggest Christian Churches – Catholic and Anglican – are begging the warring factions in the Holy Land to stop. Stop the war with the accompanying acts of violence it executes, the Read more
Tags: Gaza, Israel, Israel-Palesine conflict, New Zealand Catholi Bishops' Conference, NZ Anglican bishops, Palestine, Peace, The HGoly Land. Pope Francis, US President Joe Biden
Posted in New Zealand | Comments Off on Stop the war say NZ Catholic, NZ Anglican bishops and the Pope
Thursday, September 28th, 2023
In a significant move, the NZ Catholic bishops are promoting open and informed life discussion through a modernised and broadened document, Te Kahu o te Ora – A Consistent Ethic of Life. The modernisation seeks to fill a twenty-six-year gap and reflect some of the modern challenges. Dr John Kleinsman, director of the NZ Catholic Read more
Tags: A Consistent Ethic of Life, Abuse, AI, Artificial intelligence, Beginning of life, Bishop Steve Lowe, Corrections, creation, Discrimination, end of life, Information Technology, Integrity, John Kleinsman, Justice, Nathaniel Centre, NZ Catholic bishops, Peace, Poverty, Sexual abuse, Te Kahu o te Ora, War
Posted in Great reads, New Zealand | Comments Off on NZ Catholic bishops promote open informed life discussions
Thursday, September 7th, 2023
“Enough is enough! I’m writing the President!” After hitting the umpteenth brick wall, my wife had reached the end of her rope. As a Canadian citizen in America, married to an American, obtaining a green card for work should have been a walk in the park for her. But it wasn’t. After three years of Read more
Tags: Faith, Jimmy Carter, Peace, Religious freedom, Tolerance
Posted in Analysis and Comment | Comments Off on Jimmy Carter – An appreciation
Monday, August 28th, 2023
A peace walk in Palmerston North was spearheaded by Hemi Davidson, formerly affiliated with Black Power and Nomads, and Matthew Ngatai Te Moananui, a past member of the Mongrel Mob. The peace walk was organised in response to escalating gang tensions in Palmerston North. Davidson and Ngatai Te Moananui’s paths converged at Legacy Church in Read more
Tags: Gangs, Palmerston North, Peace, Peace walk
Posted in New Zealand | Comments Off on Peace walk organised by former gang members now Christians
Monday, August 21st, 2023
When he pulls back from the table, it is wet from his tears. It isn’t like he is sobbing. The tears just fall silently. Salvo, the name of this 30-something man who signed up for confession at the prison where I serve as a chaplain, kept on speaking. I wasn’t sure whether he was talking Read more
Tags: Confession, Peace, Prayer, Prison, Prisoners, Reconciliation
Posted in Analysis and Comment, Great reads | Comments Off on The peace I’ve experienced hearing confessions in prison
Thursday, June 8th, 2023
As long as there has been a war in Ukraine people have called for peace. Some propose peace simply defined as a halt to the fighting. They cite the suffering: More than 300,000 Ukrainian and Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded, thousands of civilians have been killed, and more than nine million Ukrainians have Read more
Tags: A just peace, Justice, Peace, Russia-Ukraine
Posted in Analysis and Comment | Comments Off on Why a just peace in Ukraine will require more than defeating Putin