Pace e Bene – 28 October 2025

“Our fundamental starting point, with guns and everything else, is this: What policies help us live well together? What’s best for the most? What’s good for the common good? What policies are vital for humans to thrive? We are not just thinking individualistically but as a ‘poli,’ as a people—less about ‘I’ and ‘me’ and more about ‘we’ and ‘us.’”—Shane Claiborne and Michael Martin, Beating Guns: Hope for People Who are Weary of Violence