Monthly Archive for April, 2025

Lenten resistance at the Ministry of Defence

from Catholic Peace Action

Dear Friend,

Here is what we have been up to this Lent!

After moments of prayer and reflection, under the beautiful, sparkling blue spring sky, Ray, Dan and Carmel approached the front entrance of the Ministry of Defence in London on April 2.

It was unguarded, with only a trickle of workers entering and leaving. Ray climbed the steps and onto the plinth under the sign labelling the building.

He wrote everything he had planned to write in charcoal under the mark of a cross. “Trident is genocide, choose life not terror”.

He stood with his arms out and palms open indicating his non-violence and waited.

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