In mid-December, an intergenerational group of Pax Christi USA members participated in an encuentro border delegation as part of the Jubilee Year of Hope. The 12 participants from across the United States are involved in local immigrant support and advocacy networks; several of the participants are immigrants themselves. The majority of the group were young adults (under 40) and almost all were part of the…

By Johnny Zokovitch Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount is one of those sections of Scripture that contains so much that is familiar to most Christians, and yet is so confoundingly ignored, passed over, and spiritualized that it loses its inherent power to transform those who hear it. Gandhi, a Hindu, held the Sermon in the highest esteem while lamenting how few Christians he had met understood or practiced it.

Starting March 4, the Pax Christi Young Adult Caucus (PCYAC) will begin a new cycle of its bi-weekly Literary Circle for Liberation (study circle) with The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology amid Gaza, edited by John Munayer and Samuel Munayer.  This program is designed for young adults ages 20-39. We will gather from 8-9 PM Eastern…

In mid-December, an intergenerational group of Pax Christi USA members participated in an encuentro border delegation as part of the Jubilee Year of Hope. The 12 participants from across the United…

By Johnny Zokovitch Earlier this month, Pope Leo XIV delivered a powerful address to members of the Vatican’s Diplomatic Corps, touching on current events and intractable problems ranging from the recent US military action in Venezuela to the scapegoating attacks on immigrants and refugees to the embrace of “might makes right” policies over adherence to international humanitarian law.  In his address, Pope Leo examines the current moment through St.

By Kathy KellyPax Christi USA 1998 Teacher of Peace Today, January 29, 2026, marks the second year since the Israeli military, using US provisioned weapons, murdered Hind Rajab. Had she lived, this little Palestinian girl who liked to dress up as a princess would now be 7 ½ years old. An Israeli Defense Force unit fired a barrage of missiles at the car in which she and her relatives were fleeing from an Israeli military invasion of their neighborhood.

Pax Christi USA was honored to take part in a profoundly moving webinar held on January 27 -- "Taken, broken, and shared: Catholic witness today" was a 75-minute vigil, reflection, and call to action rooted in prayer, testimony, and Catholic Social Teaching following immigration enforcement tactics in Minnesota that violate human dignity. Organized in partnership with 10 Catholic justice organizations, the gathering brought together lay leaders, women religious, bishops, organizers, and people living amid intensified immigration enforcement—many of them in Minnesota—to discern what faithful public witness demands in this moment.

In mid-December, an intergenerational group of Pax Christi USA members participated in an encuentro border delegation as part of the Jubilee Year of Hope. The 12 participants from across the United States are involved in local immigrant support and advocacy networks; several of the participants are immigrants themselves. The majority of the group were young adults (under 40) and almost all were part of the…

On Thursday, January 22, President Trump announced the start of the "Board of Peace," which requires a $1 billion membership fee. According to Reuters, "US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the board's focus would be on making sure the plan for peace in Gaza was fulfilled but that it could also 'serve as an example of what's possible in other parts of the world.'"

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By Johnny Zokovitch Events in this country have, on occasion, given me reason to seek out the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German Lutheran pastor and theologian whose discipleship to Jesus led him to resist the Nazi regime. His resistance eventually cost him his life; Bonheffer was executed by hanging at the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp by the SS just days before the camp was liberated in the waning days of World War II.

" moral power does not recognize boundaries between nations, nor lines on a map. The moral power of this Treaty is global and universal." The Partnership of a World without Nuclear Weapons Today, January 22, we celebrate the fifth anniversary of the historic Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), ratified by 74 nations. The Partnership for a World without Nuclear Weapons…

As part of Black History Month, join Pax Christi USA for a special evening of reflection and resistance through the example of Servant of God Sr. Dr. Thea Bowman, FSPA, led by Prof. Michael Howard. Monday, February 9, 7 PM Eastern/4 PM PacificUse this link to register. Prof. Howard will lead us through prayer based in the Scriptures and…

The following essay by Pax Christi USA Young Adult Caucus leader Jessica Sun was originally published on Brick by Brick, the Erie Benedictines' Substack publication. This past December, observed as the season of Advent in the Christian tradition, 17 peacemakers led by Catholic Workers across the country returned from Palestine-Israel hosted by Sabeel. Sabeel is the ecumenical, grassroots center for Palestinian liberation theology, rooted in the universal ethic of nonviolence.

By Michelle ShermanPax Christi USA staff In mid-December, an intergenerational group of Pax Christi USA members participated in an encuentro border delegation as part of the Jubilee Year of Hope. The 12 participants from across the United States are involved in local immigrant support and advocacy networks; several of the participants are immigrants themselves. The majority of the group were young adults (under 40) and almost all were part of the…

By Johnny Zokovitch There is an old parable about the weight of a snowflake. It begins with a sparrow asking a dove to “tell me the weight of a snowflake.” The dove replies, “Nothing more than nothing.” The sparrow goes on to tell the dove that, as she sat on a tree, she counted gently falling snowflakes gathering on a branch below her.

On January 4, Pax Christi Illinois, along with over 20 communities and organizations representing Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Unitarian Universalist, Bahai, Buddhist, Sikh, Zoroastrian, Celtic, and Hindu faith communities, co-sponsored the 21st annual World Peace Day Interfaith Prayer Service. This year’s attendance was the largest ever, with nearly 450 participants gathering in the Wentz Concert Hall on the campus of North Central College in Naperville.

Pax Christi USA Executive Director Charlene Howard was interviewed by Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace Fr. John Dear on the latest episode of his podcast, "The Nonviolent Jesus," a program of the Beatitudes Center. Charlene and Fr. John discuss organizing Pax Christi groups and actions, getting connected with other like-minded peace and justice church activists, taking on a variety of issues, and how we can practice and teach the nonviolence of Jesus.

By Kathy KellyPax Christi USA 1998 Teacher of Peace In Sister Water, Brother Sultan, the author and peace activist Len Desroches pays homage to St. Francis of Assisi through simple, skillful storytelling.  He invites readers to embrace Francis’s linkage of poverty to pacifism. If we possess nothing, we won’t need weapons to defend ourselves. Liberated from the overwhelming demands of military spending, humanity could direct desperately needed resources toward planetary survival, respecting the environment, protecting endangered species, and enabling a dignified life for human beings everywhere.

Pax Christi USA has called for the closure of the Guantánamo Bay prison since it was established decades ago. Now on the 24th anniversary of the prison's opening, we are proud to be one of 115 organizations that have signed this statement led by the Center for Victims of Torture and the Center for Constitutional Rights which reaffirms that it must be closed, without repurposing it for any future detention regime, and that there must be redress for individuals who were held and whose rights were violated.

By Johnny Zokovitch The voice in my head is tinged with a note of scorn. I find myself, like many, flattened and stunned by the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis earlier this week, gunned down by an ICE agent. I’m shocked as I stare at the footage of her attempting to drive away and the shots being fired. Yet the voice in my head is judgmental about my shock.