Ending Just War Theory in the Heart of the Vatican

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, Ken Butigan shares the exciting news about the Nonviolence and Just Peace conference at the Vatican . . . and what throwing out 1700 years of just war theory might mean for the Catholic Church, and the world. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/About Our Guest: Ken Butigan is the Executive Director of Pace e Bene and Campaign Nonviolence. He is a peace and conflict studies professor at DePaul University in Chicago. Ken was part of the planning committee for the "Nonviolence and Just Peace Conference: Contributing to the Catholic Understanding of, and Commitment to Nonviolence", and he also coordinated the writing committee for the final draft of the text that was sent to Pope Francis following the conference.Related Links:About the "Nonviolence and Just Peace" Conferencehttp://wagingnonviolence.org/2016/04/vatican-conference-calls-for-nonviolence-just-peace-pope-francis/The Church's Turn Toward Nonviolence by Rev. John Dearhttp://www.paceebene.org/2016/04/21/the-churchs-turn-toward-nonviolence/Laudato Si, Encyclical on Ecological Restorative Justice by Pope Francishttp://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.htmlCardinal Turkson's interview in April 24th Edition of Sunday Times, Londonhttp://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/world_news/Europe/article1689497.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2016_04_23Pax Christihttp://www.paxchristi.net/Junipero Serrahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun%C3%ADpero_SerraWhy Civil Resistance Works by Maria J. Stephan and Erica Chenowethhttp://cup.columbia.edu/book/why-civil-resistance-works/9780231156820Nonviolent Peaceforcehttp://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/The Two Hands of Nonviolencehttp://www.paceebene.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/The-Two-Hands-of-Nonviolence.pdfDorothy Day & Catholic Worker Movementhttp://www.catholicworker.org/Franz Jägerstätterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_J%C3%A4gerst%C3%A4tterThomas Mertonhttp://merton.org/Oscar Romero in El Salvadorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar_RomeroCardinal Sin in the Philippines, People-Power Revolutionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_SinPace e Bene Nonviolence Trainings w/ Ken Butigan and Staffhttp://www.paceebene.org/programs/nonviolence-workshops/Campaign Nonviolence http://www.paceebene.org/programs/campaign-nonviolence/Nonviolent Cities Projecthttp://www.paceebene.org/programs/campaign-nonviolence/the-nonviolent-cities-project/Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.orgOur featured music this week is called Song of Time from Diane Patterson's new album, Teach, Inspire, Be Real. We are particularly excited about this new album, since it is the first time a recording of our theme song, Love and Revolution, has ever been available! In two weeks, we'll have Diane with us here on the show to discuss art, music, and making change. You can find her music at www.dianepatterson.org About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timelineRivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/