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Pax Christi Scotland marked the 80th anniversary of the founding of Pax Christi International by hosting Martha Inés Romero, Secretary General of PCI, who generously detoured from her home in Colombia on her way to the celebrations in Brussels. She was with us from 2nd to 11th March 2025. As you can see from the […]

By Delia Chatoor  Delia Chatoor, is our Pax Christi member in Trinidad and Tobago. She works with the International Red Cross & the Institute for International Criminal Investigations. In her latest blog, she explores the legal issues surrounding military attacks on urban areas. To open the text of the Solemn Appeal click the image below.

Our latest blog is by Brian Cairns, a retired teacher and a founding member of the Campaign Against Assisted Dying. He reflects on assisted dying legislation and its unintended consequences – legislation that affects peace of mind. The blog appears by kind permission of Open House magazine, where it can also be found. As members

A Universal Cry for International Peace and Security Delia Chatoor, our eyes and ears at the United Nations, says that the UN’s New Agenda for Peace chimes well with Pope Francis’s theme for the 2025 World Day of Peace. Read her latest Pax Christi Scotland blog… On July 20, 2023, the Secretary-General of the United

Climate justice and peace can’t be separated. In her latest blog, Delia Chatoor, Pax Christi Scotland’s eyes and ears in Trinidad and Tobago & at the UN, reflects on this year’s International Mother Earth Day, which highlights polluting plastics.  In 2009, the United Nations designated April 22 to be the annual International Mother Earth Day and

The War Against Ukraine in the Light of “Fratelli tutti” By Dr Wolfgang Palaver Dr Wolfgang Palaver, Professor of Religious Studies at Innsbruck University and a Pax Christi colleague in Austria, was invited to speak at a conference organised by the Ukrainian Catholic University. He has kindly agreed that an adaptation of his presentation about

By Anne Dobbing, Pax Christi Scotland Member On Thursday 25th January 2024, in Alabama USA Kenneth Smith, aged 58, was executed by being forced to breathe pure nitrogen gas through a face mask. The procedure took 22 minutes, and he writhed and convulsed and pulled at the gurney restraints as he gasped for air. Reading

Image Credit: Dan Palraz – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=126107180 Anne-Marie Clements, Catholic Social Teaching Engagement Officer at Justice and Peace Scotland and a Pax Christi Scotland executive committee member, reflects on the tragedy of the Holy Land this Christmas On Saturday, 16th December, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem reported that IDF snipers carried out

By Hugh Foy, Pax Christi Scotland executive committee member Recently in Glasgow I attended the first of the recent demonstrations to campaign against the punitive actions of the Israeli state in Palestine. These of course occurred all over the world shortly after the Israeli government reacted in the aftermath of  the horrendous Hamas terrorist attacks.