Nuclear weapons

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
Kings Bay Plowshares protester receives 21-month prison sentence
- Apr 12, 2021
A Kings Bay Plowshares participant convicted of federal charges stemming from a 2018 protest at a Georgia naval submarine base received a 21-month prison sentence.

By Dennis Sadowski
Assisi archbishop welcomes treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons
- Jan 23, 2021
Giving thanks that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons came into force Jan. 22, the archbishop of Assisi insisted that ensuring peace for humanity would require further steps, including working for justice and removing threats to human life at all stages of its development.

By Catholic News Service

Catholic advocates welcome treaty banning nuclear weapons coming into force
- Jan 17, 2021
A Holy See-supported treaty banning the possession of nuclear weapons that is coming into force is buoying efforts by nations and nonprofit and church organizations working to abolish such armaments.

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
Bishops say UK should eliminate nuclear arsenal, use money for poor
- Jan 11, 2021
The UK should “forsake” its nuclear arsenal and spend the money it saves on helping the poorest people of society, Catholic bishops said.

By Simon Caldwell
Peace activists receive prison sentences for submarine base protest
- Nov 13, 2020
Two of the seven Kings Bay Plowshares peace activists received prison sentences Nov. 12 for entering a Georgia naval base and symbolically damaging weapons systems in 2018.

By Dennis Sadowski
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