When I heard the news that four U.S. church women, including Jean Donovan, were raped and killed in El Salvador on Dec. 2, 1980, I was a senior at Duke...
War and peace
Explore U.S. Catholic articles on war and peace—analysis, reflections, and stories on reconciliation, peacebuilding, and Catholic social teaching.
Our government's use of torture puts being both American and Catholic in serious conflict, says this theologian. Theological research doesn't often...
The founder of the international lay movement of the Sant’Egidio Community explains how his group has been able to build peace, one conflict at a time. When...
President Obama wants to lock up nukes—but he isn’t about to throw away the key. The 2008 election of Barack Obama was arguably a culmination of the hope...
In 1967 U.S. Catholic editors call for a swift end to the Vietnam War. “It is our contention that the war in Vietnam is wrong, is unjust, is...
For graduates of peace studies programs at Catholic Universities, the career track can lead to all kinds of interesting places. In her first job out of...
Want to learn more about peace studies? Here are some resources recommended by people interviewed in Will work for Peace. Publications: Bitter Fruit: The Story...
Already graduated college? You can still return to school for a master’s or Ph.D. in peace. While most peace studies programs are at the undergraduate...
The first Catholic college to launch a peace studies program was Manhattan College in New York, which opened its Pacem in Terris Institute in 1965, offered its...
Like any enlisted man or woman, Catholic chaplains have go training, and they don't get special treatment. U.S. Navy chaplain Father David Daigle, a...
