January 2, 2017

"In 2017, may we dedicate ourselves prayerfully and actively to banishing violence from our hearts, words and deeds, and to becoming nonviolent people and to building nonviolent communities that care for our common home. Nothing is impossible if we turn to God in payer. Everyone can be an artisan of peace."

- Pope Francis, from his 2017 message for World Day of Peace and cited in Nonviolence: A New Year's resolution by Sr. Susan Rose Francois, published on Global Sisters Report