Essay: Guns as holiday photo props – The real war on Christmas
SHANE CLAIBORNE, activist, author and co-director of Red Letter Christians, argues – in an article published on Religion News Service – that Christmas photos in which the subjects hold guns is no way to honour Christ…
Essay: Nuns against nuclear weapons – Plowshares protesters have fought for disarmament for over 40 years, going to prison for peace
In an article first published on The Conversation, CAROLE SARGENT, a US historian studying faith-based calls for nuclear disarmament, looks at the nuns who have been at the forefront of the movement…
Lifestory: Celebrating Sister Ardeth Platte, anti-nuclear activist and “peacemaker in a hostile world”
In an article first published on The Conversation, CAROL SARGENT, of Georgetown University, writes about the life of activist nun Sister Ardeth Platte who died last month at the age of 84…
In the US, jury convicts seven Catholic pacifists of breaking into nuclear submarine base
RNS A US federal jury on Thursday convicted seven Catholic peace activists of three felonies and a misdemeanor for breaking into a nuclear submarine base in Kings Bay, Georgia, last year. They now face up to 25 years in prison each for breaking into the US Navy base that houses six Trident submarines carrying hundreds […]
US Catholic peace activists who broke into a nuclear base ask judge to drop the charges
RNS Seven Catholic peace activists who broke into a nuclear submarine base in Kings Bay, Georgia, last year stood before a federal judge Wednesday to argue that the charges against them should be dismissed. The activists, known as the Kings Bay Plowshares 7, are charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor and face up to […]
NUCLEAR WEAPONS: IN THE US, SEVEN CATHOLIC ACTIVISTS ARE UNREPENTANT AS THEY AWAIT TRIAL FOR BREAKING INTO A NUCLEAR BASE
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports…