During the closing Eucharistic liturgy at our national conference in Detroit last month, Pax Christi USA named five new Ambassadors of Peace, recognized for contributions they have made toward furthering the practice of Gospel nonviolence. As of 2025, 55 people have been named Ambassador of Peace. (Sixteen Ambassadors have died since the designation was created, most recently Msgr. Doug Doussan of New Orleans…

"We are in a new nuclear arms race with multiple nuclear actors, new cyber weapons and artificial intelligence. Robert McNamara, Department of Defense secretary during the Cuban Missile Crisis, said we survived only by luck. Luck is not a sustainable survival strategy. Nuclear weapons are indiscriminate killers; therefore, they are immoral. Nuclear disarmament is a profound pro-life issue." - Archbishop John Wester, Santa Fe New Mexican, August 5…