Wednesday, October 02, 2024

Pax Christi center for nonviolence opens in Rome

Cardinals Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, Myanmar and Robert McElroy of San Diego presided on September 29 at the inauguration of the Catholic Institute for Nonviolence, a project of Pax Christi International.

The Rome center is designed to promote nonviolent action throughout the world as an alternative to warfare. 

Cardinal Bo said: “Jesus’ rejection of violence was not weakness; He proclaimed that love is stronger than hate, that peace endures longer than war, and that justice, when built on the foundation of nonviolence, is unshakeable.”