THE THOMAS MERTON CENTER • Supports the uniqueness, wholeness, dignity and freedoms of all people • Enthusiastically advocates for the rights of all people as they may fully participate and contribute to […]

An extraordinary new biography and memoir of Daniel Berrigan, At Play in the Lions’ Den, by fellow peace activist and close friend, Jim Forest (recipient of the TMC Merton Award) is an […]

In the midst of the depressing political situation in the United States, with a President who is borderline fascist, some hopeful developments took place in the Congressional elections in November 2018. We […]

Since the election of Donald Trump, many people, who never thought of themselves as “protesters”, have registered their discontent, anger, and objection to the immoral decisions and policies made by the current […]

The second summit on the denuclearization of North Korea between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un on Feb 27-28, 2019 ended abruptly with a breakdown in the negotiations. The reasons given by the […]

The right of a person accused of a crime to due process of the law is a founding principle of our nation. Defendants’ rights were endowed with the understanding that humans, while […]

The spring speakers’ series of the Association of Pittsburgh Priests (APP) continues with Greer Gordon, Ph.D., a theologian, author, and lecturer known for her teaching, publications, and work in the fields of […]

The public is welcome to attend the upcoming annual Bread for the World Hunger Advocacy Workshop being held on Sat., May 4 from 8:30 AM to Noon at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in […]

Total Universal. Total and Universal Dis Arm. Yes. Not control. Not lower stock piles. Not parity. Not deterrence. Total and Universal. No, AK47’s, automatics, unstoppable killers with no time needed to re-load. […]

As the 51st anniversary of the assassination of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4 approaches as well as the 52nd anniversary of his speech at the Riverside Church in New York […]