Kathy Kelly

Ali Ahmad, 4, sits with his father and relatives at their house after he survived a suicide attack at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 27. (Newscom/Reuters/Omar Sobhani)

Afghan conflict needs robust peacemaking, experts say

Sep 7, 2017

Trump has promised to dramatically change U.S. strategy in South Asia. But experts in peacebuilding say his plan continues a reliance on military might that has failed for more than 15 years.

Commentary

International Women’s Day highlights a non-violent path to social change

by Claire Schaeffer-Duffy

Mar 9, 2016

Commentary: The realization of global women suffrage, which represents one of the most significant power shifts in human history, occurred without women firing a single shot.

Perspective

Living the Eucharist: resisting the destruction of Jeju Island

by Art Laffin

Nov 12, 2014

I had the opportunity to travel to Jeju Island off the coast of South Korea in the East China Sea from Oct. 29 to Nov. 4. I previously spent four days in Manila, Philippines, where I was invited to speak at the first Asia Pacific Dialogue on Human Rights and Respect for the Dignity of Life with the theme: "No Justice Without Life." I left an amazing community in Manila standing for life and justice and saying "No" to state-sponsored killing.

Kathy Kelly: A winter dispatch from Kabul

by Tom Roberts

Dec 30, 2013

A couple of weeks before Christmas, my wife, Sally, and I had dinner with Kathy Kelly and two of her friends during a visit she made to the Washington DC area. It was an evening quite ordinary in a life in which the highly extraordinary has become the norm.

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Afghan conflict needs robust peacemaking, experts say

International Women’s Day highlights a non-violent path to social change

Living the Eucharist: resisting the destruction of Jeju Island

Kathy Kelly: A winter dispatch from Kabul