Pax Christi USA

09/05/2026

09/04/2026

Pax Christi USA member Jessica Sun writes about the challenges of identifying exactly what we mean by "AI" and ensuring that society uses it ethically.

By Jessica SunPax Christi Young Adult Caucus “Artificial intelligence” is poorly defined. It does not refer to a coherent set of technologies. Discussions about “AI” generally become more lucid whe…

09/04/2026

Johnny Zokovitch writes that our understanding of the Church's witness should be rooted in the life, mission and death of Jesus, as well as the early Christian community, both of which suffered for the pronounced differences between their values and the values of their societies, in particular the dominant values of the ruling classes (political, religious and economic).

by Johnny Zokovitch This past weekend, I facilitated my first all-church assembly with the small Catholic community for which I serve in pastoral leadership. The focus of the assembly was to revisi…

09/02/2026

Pax Christi USA's bishop president Bishop John Stowe and Executive Director Charlene Howard reflect on 25 years since 9/11: "[W]e continue to choose to move forward in faith. In the face of violence and despair, our belief in the message of the Resurrection compels us to act with justice and compassion. As Catholic people whose faith by its name is universal, we must unceasingly uphold the dignity and value of all human beings. ..."

"After 25 years, our grief has not been eased or vindicated by years of war, or the unbounded, blasphemous increase in military spending," Bishop John Stowe and Charlene Howard write.

09/01/2026

Today, we finally enter the Season of Creation! 🌎🌱 In his Message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Pope Leo reminds us that the work of creation care is also a work of peace, transforming what destroys life into what sustains it and moving from “violence to peace.”

May this inspire us to become collaborators in God’s work of healing our common home, caring for one another, and building a civilization of love.

ICYMI, Pope Leo's full message is here: https://loom.ly/YW3xcuc

09/01/2026

Marking the passing of a deeply influential prophet and poet for so many of us in the BCM community. From the NY Times:

“The national economy that is really run for the benefit of a very few people is preying upon and slowly destroying local communities everywhere,” Mr. Berry told Sierra magazine in 1990. “Everything we produce in rural America makes more money for other people than it does for those who produce it. We’re destroying rural America.”

From Berry’s Mad Farmer’s Liberation Front:

“Ask the questions that have no answers.
Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias.
Say that your main crop is the forest
that you did not plant,
that you will not live to harvest.
Say that the leaves are harvested
when they have rotted into the mold.
Call that profit. Prophesy such returns.”

See first comment for link to NY Times obituary. Feel free to share other tributes in the comments.

- Tim

09/01/2026

Featuring Pax Christi/Little Friends For Peace lanterns!

08/31/2026

Thanks to the Pax Christi USA Indigenous Solidarity Working Group for pulling together this Prayer-Study-Action resource to commemorate the Season of Creation. Make sure to sign up for the Literary Circle for Liberation, discussing "The Land is Not Empty," held over four sessions from Sept. 15-Oct. 27.

The Pax Christi USA Indigenous Solidarity Working Group has compiled the following Prayer-Study-Action resource in anticipation of the World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation on September 1 and Ca…

08/28/2026

We're glad to announce that Sr. Susan Nchubiri, MM has been reelected to the Pax Christi USA national council, and Fr. Greg Walgenbach and Andrew Lyke will join as new members. Thanks to Sr. Susan, Fr. Greg, and Andrew for their willingness to serve!

Pax Christi USA is happy and grateful to announce the results of our 2026 national council elections: Sr. Susan Nchubiri has been re-elected, and Fr. Greg Walgenbach and Andrew Lyke (via appointmen…

08/26/2026

Tomorrow, from 1-2pm ET, the Korea Peace Network is hosting an Action Hour urging members of Congress to support de-escalation measures and diplomatic engagement with North Korea. Join us in taking...