Barcat Announcements

All BARCAT members are invited to meeting with NRCAT's John Humphries on September 19. Details to follow.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. -- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil, that good might come of it. -- William Penn

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. --attributed to Edmund Burke

Religious Communities/Individuals Speak Out on the Torture Issue

National Religious Campaign Against Torture invites people of all faiths to address torture as a moral issue.

Rabbis for Human Rights — North America Campaign Against Torture

U.S. Catholic Bishops release study guide on torture as a moral issue: view web pageview PDF file

Resolution Against Torture from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) / (Sept. 2006) This 10MB PDF file may take a few minutes to download.

Pastoral Letter Against Torture from ministers of the United Church of Christ (May 2008)

QUIT (Quaker Initiative to End Torture): www.quit-torture-now.org

ACAT (Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture): www.fiacat.org

Evangelicals for Human Rights: www.evangelicalsforhumanrights.org

Torture in the Light of Jewish Values — by Rabbi Maurice Harris

Working Papers on Quaker Opposition to Torture — by John Calvi

A Faith Perspective on the Geneva Conventions — by Dennis Rivers, explores the torture and cluster bomb issues from the point of view of one struggling to follow the teachings of Jesus in a world seduced by the temptations of violence. 11/2/2007

Protest against torture earns priests jail time. Judge refuses to allow Franciscan Fr. Louis Vitale and Jesuit Fr. Stephen Kelly to present supporting evidence from Abu Ghraib.