I believe in a non-killing future.

We have to start from the fact that there are always alternatives to violence.

I was born into a Catholic family. I grew up in West Belfast. Faith was very important to us eight children and my mother and father. It was grounded in the Christian tradition of social involvement.

In Northern Ireland, people said there would never be a solution. But once people begin to have the political will and force their governments to sit down, it can happen.

I am very hopeful that there is a solution to the Israeli/Palestinian injustice.

We have really got to create a culture in our world today where we recognize that every human life is sacred and precious and we have no right to take another human life.

To enable consensus politics to develop we need to empower people where they live. This means devolving financial resources and political power down to the community level. One of the greatest blocks to movement is fear. This fear can only be removed when people feel their voices are being heard by government and when they have a say in their own lives and communities.