On the 21st May, hundreds gathered at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk to protest against US nuclear weapons being stationed on British soil.A group from the West Yorkshire area got in […]
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08 Apr – Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
By Matty Maslen – Bradford/Glasgow UniversityOn the 22nd January last year, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force. The treaty is a comprehensive prohibition on […]
25 Mar – Commemorating the Assassination of St Oscar Romero
The chapel where Romero was assassinatedArchbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated by paramilitaries on 24 March 1980 whilst in the middle of saying mass in the chapel […]
28 Jan – War & Climate Change
This was the title of our January webinar led by Tim Devereux, Chair of the Movement for the Abolition of War. Tim spoke for about half an hour and the […]
02 Jan – Still Rolling with the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative
By Pat Gaffney, Vice President of Pax Christi in England and WalesThis article first appeared in Peace News in November 2020I am a cup-half-full sort of person, not I hope […]
28 Aug – Hiroshima & Nagasaki remembered
It’s easy to get into a social justice silo: ‘I’m a peace activist’ or ‘we must do more about Climate Change’. Well, if you need any convincing of the connectedness […]
16 Jul – Bishop Marcus signs up to Anti-Nuclear Weapons Statement
By Tim Devereux (St Joseph’s Pudsey & Leeds Pax Christi)Our Bishop, Marcus Stock, has signed Christian CND’s ecumenical statement by clergy for the 75th Hiroshima/Nagasaki anniversary (6th & 9th August); […]