Catholic peace fellowship reborn. (News: signs of the times).

SOUTH BEND, Indiana--The Catholic Peace Fellowship, originally founded in 1964 "during a time of wars and rumors of wars, is being reborn in such a time," writes the staff of the revived Catholic Peace Fellowship, which plans to support Catholics committed to the work of peace.

The new CPF will provide counseling and legal advice to conscientious objectors already in the military and work to remind military chaplains of their obligation to inform Catholics and others in the armed forces about their rights to conscientious objection.

In Catholic high schools, colleges, and universities, the CPF will challenge the free access enjoyed by military recruiters and address issues arising from the participation in Reserve Officers Training Corps programs. It will also ask young Catholics to consider the profound moral issues that military service entails and will work to inform all young Catholics about laws on draft registration and the process by which a civilian may obtain recognition as a conscientious objector.

Under the leadership of ethicist and activist Father Michael Baxter, C.S.C. of the University of Notre Dame theology department, the current CPF hopes to work with other peace groups, as did the original.