Pope speaks on U.S. gun violence, abortion debate, retirement rumors

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service

Pope Francis speaks in an interview about President Joe Biden, gun violence in the U.S., and his tentative post-retirement plans - if the time comes.

Is war in our nature? Catholic teaching on war and violence

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Benjamin Boivin

Are war and violence an inescapable part of human nature? Benjamin Boivin explains what the Catholic Church teaches us about the nature of war.

God at war?

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Benjamin Boivin

For Christians today, the violence in the Old Testament can be a challenge. In his most recent book, Fr. Stephen De Young hopes to provide answers.

A Catholic Response to the Paris Attacks: Peace as a Work of Penance

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Warren Schmidt

As I begin writing this, one week has passed since the series of terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13. I currently live about 6 km from the scene of the worst of the bloodshed of November 13: the Bataclan concert hall where 89 of the 129 deaths occurred. At about 10:15 that evening, I […]

Mom, how can people hurt each other so much?

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Rosina Di Felice

I recall with much vividness Sept 11, 2001. It was a surreal day that will always be remembered for all the evil and destruction at the hands of terrorists. Although violence has occurred since the beginning of time, this organized and premeditated act shocked the world and instilled a heightened fear of terrorism. I was […]

What To Do When Violence Touches Our Hearts….

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Salt + Light Media

The violent Paris attacks are not a sign of war, they are only proof of cowardly desperation. The criminals choose their victims at random from the streets, from a theatre, from the stadium… in some cases they choose them for their religious beliefs. How it is possible that young men became so disenfranchised from society and […]

Pope Condemns Attacks on Pakistani Christians – Perspectives Daily

Monday, March 16, 2015

Stefan Slovak

Today on Perspectives, Pope Francis condemns attacks against Pakistani Christians, the Church marks an important milestone in Japan and a Catholic university rejects government funds in the name of faith.

Forgiveness: A Time to Love & A Time to Hate

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Salt + Light Media

S+L presents Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate. The PBS film provides an intimate look into the spontaneous outpouring of forgiveness: from the Amish families for the 2006 shooting of their children in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania; the struggle of ’60s radicals to cope with the serious consequences of their violent acts […]