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“Blessed Are the Merciful” – By Pat Ferrone
Armed only with banners advocating mercy, and signs decrying the death penalty, nonviolent peacemakers from Agape, Pax Christi, Veterans for Peace and elsewhere, regularly stand vigil in front of…
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WBGH Covers Agape Vigil During Tsarnaev Trial
Full Article: http://wgbhnews.org/post/anti-death-penalty-activists-last-minute-scramble-keep-tsarnaev-alive By PHILLIP MARTIN – May 12, 2015. The jury in the Boston Marathon Bombing trial begins deliberating Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ‘s fate the…
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Statement in Opposition to the Death Penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: A Call to Communities of Faith in Massachusetts and the United States
In these violent times, we must insist on the sacredness of all life, including the lives of those deemed dangerous killers. Given this urgent necessity: We ask your support…
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Ecology and Religion – by John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker
What might be the contribution of religions to the long-term flourishing of the…
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A Vital Conversation: Integrating Ecology, Justice and Peace On Agape’s 32nd Anniversary – by Suzanne Belote Shanley
At first we thought only of disaster for our annual St. Francis Day event as forecast after forecast of steady…
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Must We Not Kill? – by Brayton Shanley
Outrage at the bombing of ISIS is in short supply these past months. There must be strong compliance in this absence of opposition. …
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Statement on Nonviolence & Healing re: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
For over 25 years, Agape has co-sponsored Stations of the Nonviolent Cross, in front of Boston’s State House, with a strong emphasis on the Death Penalty, which…
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