By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of the U.S. bishops’ landmark pastoral letter “The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response.” Then, the two “superpower” nations, the United States and the Soviet Union, held each other in check in the nuclear age as in a […]
Pope, world religious leaders plead for peace, compassion, care for the earth
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ROME — Standing in front of Rome’s Colosseum, Pope Francis called on members of all the world’s religions to be courageous enough to set aside self-centeredness and instead live with true and active compassion for the victims of war and poverty and for the earth. The pope and Orthodox, […]
Talking world peace
A principal’s impromptu conversation with a group of sixth grade boys gets ‘deep’ By Wendy Castillo Special to the Herald On this International Peace Day, Sept. 21, I had planned to interview many “learners” from different grades about what peace means to them. But I found myself at a lunch table with five of our […]
Buddhist bishop invites Catholics to join in peace day bell ringing
Bishop Eric Matsumoto of the Buddhist Temples of Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii in a Sept. 7 letter asked Bishop Larry Silva to invite Catholic parishes to ring their bells for Peace Day 2020, Sept. 21. The bell tolling is the main feature of the “Ring Your Bell for Peace Day” Zoom event sponsored by […]