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Will the Caribbean region regain its reputation as “A Zone of Peace?”  Delia Chatoor gives an update following USA Military Action in the Region. In 2014, Latin America and the Caribbean formally declared the Caribbean Region and the Caribbean Sea as constituting a Zone of Peace. This was done by members of the Community of […]

Blessed are the peacemakers, they shall be called the children of God Peace activist Brian Quail died on February 17. He helped to establish Pax Christi Scotland and was involved in many other peace organisations as well. Brian dedicated his life to making this a nonviolent world free from weapons of mass destruction, as fellow

My First Time in Palestine: Seeing, Crossing, Understanding Occupation Beatrice Forestan My first time in Palestine is an experience that will stay with me. Many people say that a first visit leaves a permanent mark, and I am beginning to understand why. For the first time, I witnessed with my own eyes the system of

Image by MasterTux from Pixabay Be Aware: Check your Ethical Funds’ Weapons Exclusions By Dr Quintin Rayer We demand that our banks, universities and local authorities stop investing in nuclear and conventional weapons – but what about our own investments? Whether we have an ISA or we’ve squirrelled away our pension money, do we really know what it’s

The mental health impacts of climate change on Zambian families and communities by Mike Mwenda Mike Mwenda is an environmental journalist and mental health advocate currently working with the non-profit organization REPSSI. He serves as the Head of Academics for the organization’s Social Business Development Unit and also works as the Communication officer. Climate change

The Quo Vadis facing Gaza and the International community. By Oliver McTernan Oliver McTernan is a Conflict Resolution and Mediation Expert working with Forward Thinking, a demand-driven, independent charity working to resolve conflict through inclusive dialogue. We are eight days into a very fragile ceasefire, which facilitated the release of the twenty Israeli hostages and

By Elizabeth Rimmer Elizabeth Rimmer is a poet and editor. She has four collections with Red Squirrel Press, Wherever We Live Now, The Territory of Rain, Haggards, and The Well of the Moon. Her work has been translated into French, Arabic and Gaelic, and her poetry once appeared on the side of a bus. Her next collection Comrades of Dark Night about dislocations, hauntings, othering,

By Prud Zihalirwa – Prud is determined to bring peace to his country – but when he and his team tried to go to a peace conference in Qatar, they were denied visas. In his latest diary from DR Congo, he describes the ongoing violence he had hoped to learn how to change at that

By Marian Pallister, Pax Christi Scotland chair It was good to be joined by so many of you at the vigil on Saturday at Faslane. The reflections by Archbishop William Nolan, Mark Strange, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Rosie Frew, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and Rev David Coleman,

Ross Ahlfeld, a member of Catholic Worker and of Pax Christi Scotland, was present at the vigil held at Faslane nuclear submarine base on Saturday August 2. It was a moving occasion attended by almost 150 people, each of us with our banners and our own special prayers ahead of this week when we remember