Justice, Peace & Environment

Dozens of members of the UK's largest formal Jewish body have condemned Israel's new offensive on Gaza, warned that "Israel's soul is being ripped out". In an open letter, published in the Financial Times yesterday, 36 members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews said they could not "turn a blind eye or remain silent at this renewed loss of life and livelihoods". They also condemned violence a... Read More

It seems hard to believe that 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the groundbreaking and influential Papal encyclical letter, Laudato Si' - On Care for Our Common Home. This will be marked by an interactive webinar on Wednesday 23 April from 7.30-9pm, with speakers including Lorna Gold, Executive Director of Laudato Si' Movement. Pope Francis, then entering the third year since being elected Pope, ... Read More

In Holy Week our thoughts and prayers are very much on the Holy Land and particularly on the last days of Jesus, as he approached Jerusalem. In an act of deep symbolism and solidarity a number of Catholic and Anglican Dioceses have again chosen Palestinian Olive Oil as the base for their Holy Oils. These include the Catholic Dioceses of Arundel and Brighton, Birmingham, Liverpool, Nottingham, Sout... Read More

Pat Gaffney, Vice-President of Pax Christi England and Wales writes: In my many years of peacemaking, and especially in organising and participating in vigils, acts of witness and protests, people often say: 'what is the point?' Good question. We rarely stop the war or the arms sales. So what are we doing? By way of example here is what I think we were 'doing' at the fast and vigil held outsid... Read More

'When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die' (The Cost of Discipleship 1937) It's hard to imagine that when Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote these words he could have foreseen that his Christian calling would lead him, some eight years later, to a similar fate as his master or, indeed, that because of his martyrdom in 1945 (just three weeks before the end of the war) at the hands of the Nazi regim... Read More

This Friday, 11 March, Pax Christ members and supporters will be gathering to fast and pray opposite Downing Street, in remembrance of the murdered children of Gaza, and in solidarity with Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire, 80, who is currently on a 40 day fast. "I just am absolutely shocked by what is happening in Gaza since the war and the policies of the Israeli government are total... Read More

The National Justice and Peace Network (NJPN) has joined Bishop Paul McAleenan, the lead bishop for migrants and refugees in England and Wales, and the Jesuit Refugee Service UK in calling for "a fair and humane asylum system" in the UK. Speaking on Monday evening at an NJPN meeting, Bishop McAleenan said he hoped Labour government would have had a different attitude to refugees than the former go... Read More

JPIC Links Conference 4-6 April 2025 - 'Pilgrims of Hope' - Journeying with Jesus in Jubilee "Commitment to be a disciple of Jesus comes from the heart and needs to run deep," said Columban, Fr Ray Collier, at the concluding Eucharist celebration of JPIC Links (Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation) conference led by David McLoughlin, Emeritus Fellow of Christian Thought at Newman University... Read More

Dr Ian Linden is giving this year's Anthony Storey lecture, on 'The History and Spirituality of the Option for the Poor'. Presented by Middlesbrough Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission, the online lecture will take place on Thursday, 8 May at 7pm. Professor Ian Linden is Visiting Professor at St Mary's University, Strawberry Hill, London. A past director of the Catholic Institute for Internatio... Read More

A film screening of the powerful new documentary: From the Nakba to Camp David: 1947-1949, followed by a panel discussion takes place this Tuesday, 8 April at the Frontline Club 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ from 6:30pm Hosted by The British Palestine Project (formerly the Balfour Project)the film explores pivotal moments from the British mandate to the Camp David Accords - featuring rare archiv... Read More

Today more than 100 refugee charities have signed an open letter to the Prime Minister calling for united communities and an end to 'hostile politics, racist rhetoric and demonising language of the past'. The letter has been coordinated by campaign coalition Together With Refugees in response to the Organised Immigration Crime Summit on targeting smuggling gangs and the Prime Minister's comments a... Read More

In this special Jubilee Year, the three 'London' Dioceses of Brentwood, Southwark and Westminster will be gathering at Westminster Cathedral for the annual Mass for Migrants, on Bank Holiday Monday, 5 May - starting at 2pm with a procession of banners. The Mass for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker is prepared by the Justice & Peace Commissions, Caritas and Ethnic Chaplaincies of the three ... Read More

Last night a panel of experts, chaired by Baroness Hollins, discussed the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. The panel issued a call for people to contact their MP as a matter of urgency asking how many incorrect deaths justified the right to access lethal drugs. The expert panel consisted of: Dr Matthew Doré, Consultant Palliative Care Physician Professor Peter Hindmarsh, Chair of the Cat... Read More

A silent Quaker Meeting was held outside New Scotland Yard on Thursday, 3 April, to bear witness to the police raid on Westminster Meeting House last week. Hundreds of Quakers, politicians and others stood in silence for 40 minutes as traffic rattled past on busy Victoria Embankment, with 25 other silent meetings held nationwide and online. The raid, carried out by Metropolitan Police officers, in... Read More