Pax Christi 'returns to roots'.Pax Christi Pax Christi is an international Catholic peace movement. History Pax Christi was established in France in 1945 as a reconciliation work between the French and the Germans after the military occupation during World War II. As of 2007, it exists in more than 60 countries. International, the Brussels-based Catholic peace movement, elected a lay woman and an archbishop as co-presidents. The move to co-presidency for a position usually held by a bishop alone "returns [Pax Christi] to its roots and lifts up a model of shared leadership in the Catholic Church,'" according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the peace group. Democratic Republic of the Congo's Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo and Marie Dennis, director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns in Washington, D.C., will begin their three-year tenure when current president Latin Patriarch Latin Patriarch can refer to:
Monsengwo has been an outspoken critic of the Kabila government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a leader in promoting African unity and religious tolerance. Dennis has worked extensively in Latin America and Africa. She is chair of the Religious Working Group on the World Bank and IMF IMF See: International Monetary Fund IMF See International Monetary Fund (IMF). and was named one of Pax Christi USA's "Ambassadors of Peace." |
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