nuclear war

Vatican representative calls on U.S. to sign nuclear-test-ban treaty
- Aug 29, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the absurdity of “pouring valuable resources into the maintenance of weapons of destruction while so many on this planet are struggling to survive,” a Vatican representative told a U.N. meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day Against Nuclear Tests.

By Cindy Wooden
Weapons must be set aside for peace to flourish, pope says
- Aug 10, 2020
For peace to flourish, weapons of war must be set aside, especially nuclear weapons that can obliterate entire cities and countries, Pope Francis said on the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.

By Carol Glatz
Bishops from Japan, U.S. call Catholics to work for nuclear disarmament
- Aug 4, 2020
The path to true peace requires the world to abolish nuclear weapons, an American bishop and a Japanese archbishop said as the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings at the end of World War II approached.

By Dennis Sadowski

Japanese archbishop urges U.S. to witness the Gospel of peace
- Jul 19, 2020
As the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of two Japanese cities approaches, the president of the county’s Catholic bishops’ conference called on the United States “as a Christian nation” to witness the Gospel of peace as lived by Jesus.

By Dennis Sadowski
Nuclear era that began in 1945 poses moral questions for the 21st century
- Jul 15, 2020
Nuclear disarmament advocates are becoming increasingly concerned that despite significant reductions in nuclear arsenals by the United States and Russia, a new arms race threatens to upend the progress made over the last half-century.

By Dennis Sadowski
Bishops renew nuclear disarmament call as 1945 bombing anniversary nears
- Jul 13, 2020
Members of a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee renewed a long-standing call for nuclear disarmament as the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of two Japanese cities neared.

By Catholic News Service