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On the Road to Peace

• Georgetown welcomes Colombia's Uribe September 7, 2010
  Last week some of us learned that Georgetown University has appointed the former president of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, to a teaching post at its Walsh School of Foreign Service. Uribe, who is linked to paramilitaries that slaughtered thousands of innocents and who befriended drug traffickers -- bringing them into the political mainstream -- has been named Geo […]
• 65 years with the atomic bomb: A gathering storm for hope August 3, 2010
  "Tonight's theme is the momentum from a gathering storm for hope which I believe will one day bear fruit in abolishing all nuclear weapons." That's how Bishop Gabino Zavala, President of Pax Christi USA, launched our two-day observance last weekend of the 65th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. read more […]

Pax Christi USA

• August 29th was the UN International Day Against Nuclear Tests, But Today marks the beginning of the commemoration of that day and the beginning of events. Check out the info at the UN webpage. http://pfcmc.com/en/events/againstnucleartestsday/events.shtml
• This year's Momentum event, "An Evening in Solidarity with Afghanistan," will feature testimonies, reflections and videos from Afghan civilians and youth, U..S veterans and the Department of Defense. A special address on the war by will be given by Bishop Gabino Zavala, president of Pax Christi USA. Afghan appetizers will be served, as well as other refreshments. Suggested donation $30 per person. All donations are tax deductible and gratefully accepted for Pax Christi USA’s efforts to end the war in Afghanistan. Please RSVP to Beth Kenyon at 202-635-2741 or PaxChristiUSA@gmail.com.