Stephen M. Colecchi is a freelance writer/consultant and the former director of the Office of International Justice and Peace of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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Peace activists hold a Catholic prayer service of repentance near the White House Aug. 9, 2018, for the use of nuclear weapons on Japan in 1945 during World War II. (CNS/Tyler Orsburn)

It's past time for the US and other nuclear powers to disarm

Opinion
Justice
Oct 12, 2021

Commentary: We live in the shadow of the threat of nuclear war. What are the nations of the world doing about it? What should we as church be doing?

Commentary
A Palestinian woman reacts after returning to her destroyed house in Gaza May 21, following the Israel-Hamas truce. The May 21 truce followed more than a week of fighting that claimed hundreds of lives. (CNS/Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

Beyond the cease-fire: breaking the cycle of Israeli-Palestinian violence

Opinion
World
May 25, 2021

Commentary: Violent conflict does not erupt in a vacuum. A cease-fire is only a first step on the long journey toward breaking the vicious cycle that has terrorized Israelis and Palestinians alike.