nuclear war Archives

Kings Bay Plowshares activists keep focus on continuing witness for peace

Jun 10, 2021

The days are long for Martha Hennessy as she waits in a Manchester, New Hampshire, halfway house to hear from federal prison authorities about how soon freedom will come.

By Dennis Sadowski

Catholic bishop urges extension of last remaining U.S.-Russia arms pact

Jan 15, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace urged an extension of the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia. Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, Illinois, said in a Jan. 15 statement that extending the bilateral treaty

By Catholic News Service

Christian leaders work to save nuclear weapons treaty

Oct 29, 2020

Catholic and Evangelical leaders are banding together to save the nuclear weapons treaty that bars escalation between Russia and the United States, before the agreement expires early next year.

By Jack Lyons

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