Who is pax christi

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This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information. Non-necessary Non-necessary. So they prayed for forgiveness, for reconciliation, for the peace of Christ. A French woman, Marthe Dortel Claudot, is known as the leader and founder of the movement.

While in a German war prison camp in Compiegne, Bishop Theas had already begun to pray and work for reconciliation. Currently, Pax Christi International has more than member organizations in over 60 countries on 5 continents, with the fastest growing regions being Africa and Latin America.

The international office and staff are located in Brussels, Belgium. Pax Christi has consultative status as a non-governmental organization at the United Nations. They help to develop conscience, so that justice and the search for the common good can prevail in the relations between individuals and peoples. Read more about the history of Pax Christi International here. Pax Christi began in the United States in , thanks to the initiative of a handful of U.

Catholics, mostly lay. It was almost fifty years ago that a small group of mainly lay Catholics gathered together: Eileen Egan, long-time CRS staff member and sociologist and historian Gordon Zahn, who had uncovered the story of Austrian resister to the Nazis, Franz Jaeggerstaetter, would join with Gerry Vanderhaar, Ed Guinan, Sr. There was no national office or full time staff person until , and then the entire office was set up in two spare rooms of a Chicago convent.

The national office moved to Erie, Pennsylvania in In , the Washington, D. C in Pax Christi USA has had the flexibility to change and adapt as the world has changed, embracing a variety of issues and shaping our identity to faithfully bring the message of the gospel to bear on what was happening in the world by reading the signs of the times.