Conflict and Peace
Prayers for peace and for those who are caught up in situations of conflict around the world; reflections, Scripture passages and Church teaching on the theme of conflict and peace
 Prayer for peace in Sudan and South Sudan (24.08 kB) A prayer and a prayer of intercession for the peoples of South Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan. |
![Natural resources, instead of bringing wealth to DRC, have fuelled conflict all over the country [Richard Wainwright]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/d-r-congo/images/soldier-with-gun/54548-2-eng-GB/soldier-with-gun_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg) Prayer: One step at a time (17.44 kB) A prayer for those affected by violence, who are seeking solidarity as they rebuild their lives one step at a time | |
![Tasaheel, 12, and her family have been living under the blockade in Gaza [Islamic Relief]](/var/storage/images/about-us/where-we-work/west-bank-and-gaza/images/gaza-family/1238554-1-eng-GB/gaza-family_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg) Prayer for peace in the Middle East (18.05 kB) As the people of Gaza enter their fourth year under blockade, we pray for peace in the Middle East |
![Tamil women and girls hold plastic cups in a temporary refugee camp in Vavuniya, northern Sri Lanka [REUTERS/Nir Elias courtesy of www.alertnet.org]](/var/storage/images/where-we-work/sri-lanka/images/girls-queue-for-water/1029302-1-eng-GB/girls-queue-for-water_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg) Prayer: May your kingdom come (17.88 kB) This prayer is for all those caught up in conflict situations. | |
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 Church teaching: Quotes from Pacem in Terris (22.57 kB) This encyclical by Pope John XXIII in April 1963 (translated as “On Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity and Liberty”) focuses on why conflicts "should not be resolved by recourse to arms, but rather by negotiation” |
![Smoke rise from burnt homes in Abyei [REUTERS/Stuart Price/UNMIS courtesy of alertnet]](/var/storage/images/cafod-online-images/sudan2/sudan-abyei/1400620-1-eng-GB/sudan-abyei_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
![Bdria (pictured) and her family were forced by fierce fighting to run away from their home. "Hundreds of people attacked us on horses and camels," she said [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sudan/images/dafur-end-123/204027-3-eng-GB/dafur-end-123_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
![Ex-civil war combatant Aminata Sesav (in yellow) is training as a hairdresser with Caritas [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sierra-leone/images/sierra-leonean-ex-combatant-trains-as-a-hairdresser/3886-2-eng-GB/sierra-leonean-ex-combatant-trains-as-a-hairdresser_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
![Doves in a Philippines CAFOD project [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/images/worship/doves/823498-1-eng-GB/doves_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
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![The Hassa Hissa Camp for internally displaced persons, outside Zalingei in Sudan's violence-torn Darfur region [Paul Jeffrey]](/var/storage/images/images/worship/rainbow-in-darfur-refugee-camp/887814-1-eng-GB/rainbow-in-darfur-refugee-camp_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
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