It was said of Francis that he “walked the earth like the pardon of God.” His dying words to those brothers who had followed him with love and fidelity were “I have finished my work. May God give you to do yours.” What is the work that Franciscans for over more than eight hundred years […]

The activities of courageous Christians in Zimbabwe could be chapters in a new, politicized version of the book of Acts. Christians have long been in the forefront of challenging the brutal autocratic rule of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, and in January eight church leaders were arrested by security forces as they and hundreds of supporters […]

(From Christian Peacemakers Team) In Hebron, Palestine, two local community activists Issa Amro and Zleekha Muhtaseb, along with Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) and Terres des hommes (Tdh) (Hebron Community Mental Health Program) are supporting a new “Sports for Kids” initiative in Hebron Old City. Participants in the newly formed football/soccer team are boys aged between […]

Hundreds of women from around the world took to their bicycles in Lebanon on Tuesday to pedal for regional peace. The third annual “Follow the Women – Women for Peace” bike tour completed its first leg around Lebanon with nearly 250 women riding from Sidon to Beirut – a journey of 50 kilometres that took […]

On April 1, Palm Sunday, a group of Jews and Palestinians gathered beneath a banner at Prince Alfred Park, Parramatta to take part in a Peace March. The banner read “Palestinians and Jews for Peace and Justice”. It began with a simple idea during a meeting with seemingly incongruent groups of people, who had been […]

. Tracey Makamae 17th October, 2006. My daughter’s 23rd Birthday- it’s 1:40 am and I’m sitting in the departure lounge at Darwin Airport terminal, wide awake after a double-shot latte.. Four other activists and I face Alice Springs court this morning in a non-violent peace protest at the gates of Pine Gap facility last week. […]

Ava Lowery is the 16 year old peace activist from Alabama behind the website, PeaceTakesCourage.com, and has received an amazing amount of attention. Ava’s animations show the multidimensional tragedy of the Iraq war- losses of brave young soldiers to American families, and loss of innocent civilians in Iraq. Poignant and raw, Ava’s youth and sincerity […]

By David Batstone  When I was a young boy – growing up in the middle of the United States – the story of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad fascinated me. I recall, however, that it took me a while to figure out that the Underground Railroad wasn’t actually a railroad, but a network of […]

The New Friars: The Emerging Movement Serving the World’s Poor   Authors: Scott Bessenecker ISBN: 0830836012 Publisher: InterVarsity Press Number of pages: 199 Type of cover: Soft Cover Summary:Across the ages God has consistently attracted a few in every crowd who would make and keep vows, and called them to stick out, act out and […]

Late Night Live, ABC Radio National A discussion with Father Sean McDonagh who has been a tireless campaigner on global warming, climate change and the destruction of the world’s natural resources for over 30 years. For many years Father McDonagh worked with the T’boli people in Mindanao in the Southern Philippines and saw first-hand the […]

Olive tree campaign helps keep hope alive in Palestine Over 8,000 olive tree saplings will be planted this spring in the Occupied Palestinian Territories to replace olive groves that have been uprooted. The campaign, Keep Hope Alive, makes it possible for individuals, churches and organizations from other countries to help Palestinian farmers maintain their land […]

The experience of Christian-led work for human rights and social justice in Africa poses hard questions to the anti-religious discourse of intellectuals such as Richard Dawkins…The idea that religion may be a close ally of those in civil society and human-rights organisations campaigning for a better world might surprise or even scandalise the growing number […]