What's in a name? Arguably, quite a lot, if you’re Pax Christi, the international Catholic peace movement founded as a “crusade of prayer” in 1945 and now operating in more than 50 countries. Originally aimed at reconciling French and Germans in the wake of the Second World War, the movement says it operates “as an autonomous Catholic entity in which laypeople, bishops and other religious members work as equals in pursuit of their peace-building goals”.Recently, it has emerged that the movement’s Dutch chapter is dropping the reference to Jesus from its name, because, it is claimed, it hindered cooperation with non-Christian organisations. Officials said the group remains a Christian movement, but would now simply be known as Pax. “Pax means peace
06 February 2014, The Tablet
Peace rebranded
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