Bishop John Stowe

John Stowe

Bishop John Stowe, Order of Friars Minor Conventual, is the third bishop of the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky. He serves as bishop president of Pax Christi USA.

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The Kentucky State Capitol building in Frankfurt, Kentucky (Wikimedia Commons/Mobilus In Mobili)

Bishop Stowe: Kentucky lawmakers, focus on human flourishing, not book bans

As a religious leader, Bishop John Stowe of Kentucky says he certainly cannot tell people how to vote. But he is also committed to telling the truth and sometimes we have to call them as we see them, he adds.

An injured Palestinian boy cries as rescuers try to pull him out of the rubble of a destroyed building after an Israeli airstrike in Bureij refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Nov. 2. (AP/Mohammed Dahman)

Joe Biden is not on the 'same page' as Pope Francis on the Israel-Hamas war

Until he calls for a cease-fire, President Joe Biden will be at odds with a pontiff who rejects war as a tool for peace, says Bishop John Stowe.

People reach out for Pope Francis during an ecumenical prayer service for peace Nov. 4, at Our Lady of Arabia Cathedral in Awali, Bahrain. (CNS/Reuters/Yara Nardi)

Bishop Stowe celebrates Pope Francis' renewal of peacemaking in the church

According to Bishop John Stowe, Pope Francis is teaching us that the peace which the world cannot give will be produced by recognizing the dignity of the human person and the global fraternity that we are called to live.

Jean Stoken, a Washington-area resident, flashes a peace sign as members of Pax Christi gather for an anti-war rally on the National Mall in Washington Jan. 27, 2009, calling for an end to the war in Iraq.

Celebrating Pax Christi USA: 50 years of building the peaceable kingdom

As Pax Christi USA celebrates 50 years, the signs of the times that were current in 1972 remain, even if circumstances and particulars have changed. The Gospel of Jesus continues to call us all to conversion.

Barbed wire and sky (Unsplash/Robert Klank)

Religious leaders call for release of David Gilbert from New York prison

Commentary: Forgiveness is not only an act of an individual but also of the community. As bishop-president of Pax Christi USA and former co-president of Pax Christi International, we urge the release of David Gilbert.

Rock near Kayford Mountain south of Charleston, West Virginia, as seen Aug. 19, 2014. The Catholic Committee of Appalachia, a membership-based organization, has served Appalachia, the poor and creation since 1970. (CNS/Tyler Orsburn)

Biden administration must include rural poor in his policies

Commentary: From the perspective of Catholic social teaching, one area in which Joe Biden might begin to address the divide and promote the common good would be a genuine engagement in the issues of rural poverty.

An angel statue set off by fall foliage at St. Margaret's Catholic Cemetery in Neenah, Wisconsin, Sept. 22 (CNS/Brad Birkholz)

After the election is the time to form consciences for faithful citizenship

Commentary: After living through a period of intense division, enhanced by a contentious presidential contest and made more urgent by a pandemic, what do we do now as a nation?

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