Articles by Joshua J. McElwee
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Vatican to Host First-Ever Conference to Reevaluate Just War Theory, Justifications for Violence
Joshua J. McElwee - National Catholic Reporter,
11 Apr 2016
The Vatican will be hosting a first of its kind conference April 11-13 to reexamine the Catholic Church’s long-held teachings on just war theory, bringing some 80 nonviolent struggles experts to Rome to develop a new moral framework that rejects ethical justifications for war– displacing the centuries-old just war theory as the main Catholic response to violence.
→ read full articlePope Francis: Burmese Treatment of Rohingya Minority a Form of ‘War’
Joshua J. McElwee – National Catholic Reporter,
10 Aug 2015
Pope Francis has again entered into controversial geopolitical territory, saying sharply Friday [7 Aug 2015] that Burmese treatment of its populous and persecuted Rohingya minority constitutes war against them.
→ read full articleCatholic Activists Arrested at Kansas City Nuclear Weapons Facility
Joshua J. McElwee – National Catholic Reporter,
23 Aug 2010
Singing choruses of “we shall not be moved” while scattering sunflower seeds, 14 activists were arrested here Aug. 16 after blocking an earth moving vehicle on the site of a proposed nuclear weapons manufacturing facility. The acts of civil disobedience came at the end of a three-day conference which drew peace activists here from around the nation. The efforts were aimed at building awareness of and resistance to the construction of the weapons plant, which will replace an existing plant here.
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