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Elizabeth McAlister and Fr Steve Kelly SJ have now spent 500 days in jail awaiting trial. They and Kings Bay 7 Plowshares codefendants face 25 years in prison. https://ncronline.org/news/opinion/editorial-dont-ignore-prophets-who-call-out-against-nuclear-weapons… via
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Demonstrators pray outside the federal courthouse in Tacoma, Wash., March 29, 2011, during the sentencing of five anti-war activists found guilty on charges related to cutting through fences at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor to protest submarine nuclear weapons. The five include 82-year-old Jesuit Fr. Bill Bichsel of Tacoma, another Jesuit priest, a woman religious, a retired teacher and a social worker. (CNS/Mike Penney)
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Editorial: Don't ignore prophets who call out against nuclear weapons
We say: Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister writes that "the ring of real prophecy lies in its uncommon courage." The Plowshares movement, a non-violent movement of both symbol and personal jeopardy, has...
1:19 PM · Sep 8, 2019
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