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last update: 3 May 2002

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Church and civil society statements
on the current crisis and military action


International

Religious Leaders Call for non-military Actions to Secure a Peaceful End to Terrorism

A Catholic community responds to the war living with faith and hope.

Amnesty International report: "Central Asia - No Excuse for Escalating Human Rights Violations"
Amnesty International report on China: "Fight against Terrorism is No Excuse for Repression"
Amnesty report: "Afghanistan: A History of Abuse against Civilians"
Recent document by Amnesty International on arms transfers and military aid to Afghanistan

Caritas Internationalis and CIDSE letter to US President

ENI - Indian church leaders plead for dialogue to resolve tension with Pakistan NEW

Humanist International statement for a World Without Wars and Violence To Build a Universal Human Nation

Lutheran World Federation statement on military attacks

Nobel Peace Laureates' letter to Kofi Annan

Pax Christi International statement and material on the war in Afghanistan

  • Pax Christi International collection of materials regarding 11 September and the war in Afghanistan
  • Pax Christi International statement on biological weapons
  • en français

    Roman Catholic Church

  • Pope John Paul II, Angelus message of 18 November
  • Pope John Paul II, Angelus, Sunday, 21 October
  • Holy See statement at the UN on a culture of peace: "What a Serious Campaign Against Terrorism Entails"

  • World Alliance of Reformed Churches statement by general secretary Dr Setri Nyomi

    World Council of Churches (WCC)

  • Report of a WCC interfaith conference on "Religion and Violence" in Florida, USA, February 8-12, 2002
  • Ecumenical "Living Letters" team Message to US churches at the end of its visit to US churches in November 2001
  • Report of a 29.11-2.12.01 WCC meeting in Geneva on "Beyond 11 September: Assessing Global Implications
  • Press update on a 29.11-2.12.01 WCC meeting in Geneva on "Beyond 11 September: Assessing Global Implications
  • World Council of Churches greets world-wide Muslim community at beginning of Ramadan
    Gesture of compassion following attacks on US: International ecumenical delegation to be "Living Letter" to US churches
  • Update: WCC deeply concerned about the safety and security of the Christian minority in Pakistan
  • Update: WCC urges the United States of America and the United Kingdom to bring a prompt end to military action against Afghanistan
  • Release: Ecumenical organizations join forces to lift up churches' voices in response to current global events
    (en français (auf Deutsch) (en español)
  • Release: DOV festival in Tanzania takes up challenges after 11 September attacks
    (en français (auf Deutsch) (en español)

    Regional, national and local

    AFRICA

  • Peter Storey, Retired Bishop of the Methodist Church in South Africa

    ASIA

  • Center for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS)
  • 14th Church Women's Conference, Japan
  • Christian Conference of Asia (CCA)
  • Communion of Churches in Indonesia
  • Ecumenical Bishops' Form (EBF) (Philippines)
  • Ecumenical Women’s Forum Unity Statement (Philippines)
  • Kapatirang Simbahan para sa Bayan (KASIMBAYAN) (Philippines)
  • National Christian Council in Japan (no.1)
  • National Christian Council in Japan (NCC-J) (no.2)
  • National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) (no.1)
  • National Council of Churches in India, Nagpur
  • National Council of Churches in Pakistan (no.1)
  • National Council of Churches in Pakistan (no.2)
  • National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) (no.1)
  • National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) (no.2)
  • National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) (no.3)
  • National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) (no.4)
  • Pakistan United Fellowship of Brethren Churches
  • Promotion of Church Peoples’ Response (PCPR) (Philippines)
  • Socio-Pastoral Apostolate Missionary Benedictines, Luzon Cluster (Philippines)
  • UCCP Council of Bishops (Philippines)

    EUROPE

  • Armenian Apostolic Church (Cilicia)
  • British NGOs
  • Church and Peace
  • Church of Norway Commission on International Affairs
  • Church of Scotland, Committee on Church and Nation
  • Church of Scotland response to 11 September and the bombing campaign in Afghanistan
  • Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
  • Church in Wales - For God's sake, stop this talk of war - article by the Archbishop of Wales NEW
  • Conference of European Churches - Strengthening the common witness of the religious communities in Europe - final declaration from the Sarajevo Conference NEW
  • Conference of European Justice and Peace Commissions
  • Ecumenical Council of Churches in Austria
  • Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (EKD)
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany document on peace ethics
  • Fédération protestante de France
  • Federation of Protestant Youth: justice cannot be established by war
  • Bishop Axel Noack of Germany
  • Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania - interview on interfaith relations with Archbishop Anastasios of Tiran, Durres and All Albania
  • Russian Orthodox Church requiem service (20 October)
  • Spanish Evangelical Church
  • Svenska kyrkan: Manifestation för fred och folkrätt mot terrorism, Sergels torg på FN-dagen
  • Union of Welsh Independents statement

    LATIN AMERICA

  • Diversas personas, grupos y comunidades de fe en América latina
  • Centro Ecuménico Antonio Valdivieso, Nicaragua
  • CLAI: CONSEJO LATINOAMERICANO DE IGLESIAS
  • Iglesia Evangélica del Río de la Plata (Obispo Federico J. Pagura)
  • Iglesias Reformadas en Argentina (Asamblea Sinodal de las)
  • KOINONIA: Presença Ecumênica e Serviço
  • PM Internacional

    MIDDLE EAST

  • Orthodox and Catholic Patriarchs in the Middle East

    NORTH AMERICA

  • Canadian Council of Churches letter to member churches
  • Canadian Council of Churches letter to the prime minister
  • Church of the Brethren resolution
  • Episcopalian Church letter re US military response
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America statement on US military response
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - Commission for Women resolution
  • Jesuit Conference Board of the Society of Jesus in the US letter to the US president
  • National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCCCUSA)
  • QUAKERS
  • Friends Committee on National Legislation letter to US president on military action
  • Joint statement by four general and executive secretaries of Quaker organizations
  • Executive Committee of Friends United Meeting
  • Friends in New York
  • American Friends Service Committee campaign
  • Presbyterian Church (USA) letter to President Bush outlining PC(USA) concerns
  • SOJOURNERS
  • United Church of Canada pastoral message
  • United Church of Christ Collegium of Officers
  • >United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries
  • United Methodist News Service - Religious leaders back nonviolent solutions to terrorism NEW
  • US Conference of Catholic Bishops

    PACIFIC

  • Anglican Church of Australia
  • Cevaa-Communauté d'Eglises en Mission
  • Pacific Asia Resource Center
  • Australian Catholic Social Justice - Social Justice Council joins call to Prayer for Peace NEW
  • Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia
  • United Church of Australia




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