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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.
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.
Pope on Hiroshima: Possession of nuclear weapons ‘immoral’
- Aug 6, 2020
Pope Francis on Thursday marked the 75th anniversary of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima by calling for peace and repeating that not only the use of atomic weapons but their mere possession is immoral.
Archbishop Gomez echoes pope in calling for abolition of nuclear weapons
- Aug 6, 2020
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops echoed Pope Francis’s long-standing call for full nuclear disarmament as the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings in Japan approached.
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.
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.
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