Pope Francis: Shepherd of Nonviolence

Pope Francis: Shepherd of Nonviolence

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar, highlights how the late pontiff urged the Church to accompany every attempt for peace in the world. Read all

Pope Francis’s remarkable peacemaking life

As Francis demonstrated, there's no better way to live life than to practice, teach and promote nonviolence.

Pope Francis’s Legacy of Love and Peace - World BEYOND War

By Kathy Kelly, World BEYOND War, April 24, 2025 In 2022, Pope Francis created a will expressing his desire that just one word be inscribed on the stone marking his burial place: Franciscus. Franciscus, Latin for Francis, is the name Jorge Mario Bergoglio chose when, twelve years ago, cardinals elected him to become the Bishop of Rome. He sought union with Saint Francis, known as one who lived on the margins, who discarded his worldly clothes, a…