Source: Ellen Teague / Independent Catholic News

“The old rules of war have gone, and this is something to which we should give full attention.” Oliver McTernan, the Co-Founder and Director of Forward Thinking, was guest speaker on Saturday at the Annual General Meeting of Pax Christi England and Wales in London. The experienced mediator in conflict situations called for Pax Christi and other peace groups to highlight the moral and ethical issues in modern warfare. “We are not impotent,” he said, “we have the power to challenge.”

The theme of his talk was ‘Prophets for Peace in a Changing World’. The Chair of Pax Christi England and Wales, from Pax Christi Merseyside, Kathryn Lydon, told around 60 in-person participants and 20 online, that “the world is looking for prophets of peace.”

Dioceses represented included Birmingham, Hallam, Leeds, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Southwark and Westminster. Groups represented included the Archbishop Romero Trust, Columbans and the National Justice and Peace Network of England and Wales.

Devoting much of his talk to the Gaza conflict, McTernan deplored Israel’s use of powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems to identify targets in Gaza…

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