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"The CPN is a much-needed way to support the courageous and mostly unheralded efforts of the Church to build peace in war-torn countries from Central Africa to Southern Asia."
Bishop John Ricard
Chairman, U.S. Bishops' International Policy Committee
"The CPN is a space of exchange, encounter and discovery where we help each other understand our peace-work, generated in faith and actualized in history."
Andrea Bartoli
Community of Sant' Egidio,
USA
"CPN is another concrete way of building solidarity among peacebuilders around the world. The energy that it will bring will help us in facing the many difficult challenges of peacebuilding work in our different contexts. My hope is that we are able to bring the same energy eventually to the communities directly affected by war, violence and conflict - creating not only a network of peacebuilders but more imoprtantly a network of communities all over the world."
Myla Leguro
Peace & Reconciliation
Program Manager
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Home > Organizations
Catholic
Organizations Working on International Peacebuilding
Caritas
Internationalis
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Caritas
Internationalis is a confederation of 162 Catholic
relief, development and social service
organizations working to build a better world,
especially for the poor and oppressed, in over
200 countries and territories. Caritas
provides a beacon of hope for tens of millions
of women, men and children in times of hardship
and contributes to the development of social
justice in times of peace. Caritas’ mandate
includes integral development, emergency relief,
advocacy, peace building, respect for human rights
and support for proper stewardship of the planet’s
environment and resources. Caritas
promotes partnership: local autonomy is paramount
in ensuring effective teamwork for the good
of all. By pooling expertise and resources, Caritas
is able to identify issues at the grassroots,
analyze them at national and international
levels,
and then take action locally, regionally
and globally.
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Catholic
Relief Services |
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Catholic
Relief Services (CRS) does peacebuilding
work through the following 16 categories
of activities: Education, Training and Workshops,
Prevention and Early Warning, Institutions/Peace
and Justice Commissions, Women and Peacebuilding,
Security and Peacebuilding, Inter-Religious
Dialogue, Business and Micro-Enterprise Development,
Media and Communications, Development and
Reconstruction,
Advocacy and Citizen Diplomacy, Higher Level
Diplomacy, Research, Intervention Roles,
Trauma Healing and Psychosocial Work, Demobilization,
Emergency Response and Post-Conflict Reconstruction. |
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Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
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The primary work of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace is to engage in action-oriented studies based on both the papal and episcopal social teaching of the Church. Through them, the Pontifical Council also contributes to the development of this teaching in the following areas: justice, peace and human rights.
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| Community
of Sant' Egidio |
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In
the last ten years the Community
of Sant'Egidio has become increasingly
well known on the international level for its
contribution to peace building in the world. The
media has spoken of the "UN of Trastevere" and
of "the diplomats of Sant'Egidio". For
these activities, the Community of Sant'Egidio
has been honored with various prestigious awards
and recognitions. In the Catholic Church
and in other churches the Community is regarded
as an important point of reference where the
strong spirit of Christian unity is felt.
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Maryknoll
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| Maryknoll, the U.S.-based Catholic mission movement, includes:
the Maryknoll Society (priests and brothers),
Maryknoll Congregation (Sisters), the Maryknoll
Lay Missioners (laity, priests and religious),
and the Maryknoll Affiliates. Today, Maryknollers
help people overseas build communities of faith.
Some work in war zones with refugees, others
minister to the sick, the elderly, orphans or
people with AIDS. Through lives of service, Maryknollers
translate the gospel of love into different languages
and in different cultures. |
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| Pax
Christi International |
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situations of conflict or potential conflict Pax
Christi provides a forum where religious and
political leaders as well as common citizens can
face together
what divides their communities. Special
emphasis is placed on freedom of conscience and
religion. Pax Christi makes frequent interventions,
for example at the United Nations in Geneva, to
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U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops
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The
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
is an assembly of the hierarchy of the United
States and the U.S. Virgin Islands who jointly
exercise certain pastoral functions on behalf
of the Christian faithful of the United States.
The purpose of the Conference is to promote
the greater good which the Church offers
humankind, especially through forms and programs
of the apostolate fittingly adapted to the
circumstances of time and place. This purpose
is drawn from the universal law of the Church
and applies to the episcopal conferences
which are established all over the world
for the same purpose.
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Franciscans International
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Franciscans International is a non-governmental organization (NGO) with General Consultative status at the UN, uniting the voices of Franciscan brothers and sisters from around the world. We operate under the sponsorship of the Conference of the Franciscan Family (CFF) and serve all Franciscans and the global community by bringing spiritual, ethical, and Franciscan values to United Nations forums and agendas. We closely follow the tradition of Saint Francis, striving to bring Franciscan ideals into practice at the international level. We are guided by St. Francis’s loving concern for the poor, care of creation, and peacemaking. In the face of the unfortunate reality that the poor are being exploited in systemic ways, and global peace is increasingly threatened, the guidance of Franciscan ideals is needed more urgently than ever.
RENEW International
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For over 25 years, RENEW International, a Catholic ministry organization, has fostered spiritual renewal, reconciliation and healing in countries on six continents. Currently, RENEW International works in collaboration with bishops in Burundi, the US Bishops' Conference and other Catholic organizations to promote peacebuilding at a grass-roots level through the establishment of small Christian communities and faith sharing. RENEW's approach of bridging cultural and ethnic divides through a shared focus on the Good News has reduced tensions in conflict-ridden areas such as Northern Ireland, Uganda, Rwanda, El Salvador and South Africa.
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Organizations
Exploring Religious Dimensions of International Peacebuilding
| World Conference of Religions for Peace |
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| The World Conference of Religions for Peace is the largest international coalition of representatives from the world's great religions who are dedicated to achieving peace. Respecting cultural differences while celebrating our common humanity, Religions for Peace is active on every continent and in some of the most troubled places on earth, creating multi-religious partnerships that mobilize the moral and social resources of religious people to address their shared problems. |
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Life & Peace Institute |
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The
Life & Peace Institute is an international
and ecumenical centre for peace research
and action. Founded in 1985 by the Swedish
Ecumenical Council, LPI aims to further the
causes of justice, peace and reconciliation
through a combination of research, seminars
and publications. LPI cooperates with a wide
variety of structures, ranging from academic
and church bodies to NGO´s, governments
and intergovernmental organizations to local
traditional leaders.
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U.S.
Institute of Peace
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The
United States Institute of Peace is an
independent, nonpartisan federal institution
created by Congress to promote the prevention,
management, and peaceful resolution of international
conflicts. Established in 1984, the Institute
meets its congressional mandate through an
array of programs, including research grants,
fellowships, professional training, education
programs from high school through graduate
school, conferences and workshops, library
services, and publications.
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| Universities Exploring Religious Dimensions of International Peacebuilding
Institut Catholique de Paris
Since 1998, the Centre of Research for Peace’s mission is to conduct research about conflict prevention, crises resolution and peace building. The specific role of the CRP is to produce the expertise required to help in the prevention and resolution of contemporary conflicts. |
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| Uppsala Conflict Database |
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The Uppsala Conflict Database is a free resource of information on armed conflicts of the world. Here you will find information on the warring parties that have been active, the negotiations that have taken place and the peace agreements that have been signed. |
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Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame |
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Center for International Social Development at the Catholic University of America
Center for World Religons, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution
Innsbruck University Institute for Systematic Theology
Theology department at Austrian university has focused on religion,violence, communication, and world order. Peace theology and peace ethics are other emphases. Since 2002, the department has collaborated with other university colleagues on an interdisciplinary research program entitled "World Order-Violence-Religion." (web site in German)
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