Category: nuclear war

Catholic groups urge Biden to seek diplomacy with Putin, avoid nuclear war

by bcadmin | Oct 26, 2022 | Biden Administration, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, nuclear war, President Joe Biden, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |

Catholic organizations and religious orders are calling President Joe Biden to undertake diplomatic means to prevent nuclear war with Russia.

Etienne: Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons ‘are of grave concern’

by bcadmin | Oct 11, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, nuclear war, Nuclear weapons, President Vladimir Putin, Russia | 0 |

Seattle Archbishop Paul D. Etienne said Oct. 7 he is “increasingly troubled” by Russia’s war against Ukraine and said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “irresponsible threats” to use nuclear weapons “are of grave concern.”

Pope’s appeal for peace falls on deaf ears

by bcadmin | Oct 5, 2022 | Church in Europe, lead, News, nuclear war, Pope Francis, President Vladimir Putin, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |

Despite a dramatic recent appeal from Pope Francis to the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to break the cycle of violence, recent indications on both sides seem to suggest that this invitation has fallen on deaf ears.

Top Vatican diplomat calls Putin’s nuclear threat ‘repugnant’

by bcadmin | Sep 28, 2022 | Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Catholic News Service, Holy See Mission to the UN, lead, News, nuclear war, Nuclear weapons, President Vladimir Putin, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, United Nations, Vatican | 0 |

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warnings that he would consider using nuclear weapons is a “repugnant threat” that shows the urgency of moving to eliminate nuclear weapons, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.

Archbishop invites U.N. reps to begin dialogue on nuclear disarmament

by bcadmin | Sep 13, 2022 | Archbishop John C. Wester, Catholic News Service, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, News, nuclear disarmament, nuclear war, Nuclear weapons, United Nations, Vatican | 0 |

Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, brought his summons to begin meaningful conversations to achieve full nuclear disarmament to the annual United Nations prayer service.

Pope: International law has been violated, nuclear risks worsened with war

by bcadmin | Sep 8, 2022 | Apostolic Nuncio, Catholic News Service, lead, News, nuclear war, Nuclear weapons, Pope Francis, Secretariat of State, Vatican | 0 |

Europe and the entire world are being shaken by a war of great seriousness, Pope Francis told his papal nuncios who serve around the globe.

World free of nuclear weapons is necessary, possible, pope says

by bcadmin | Jun 21, 2022 | Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Catholic News Service, Holy See diplomacy, News, nuclear disarmament, nuclear war, Nuclear weapons, Pope Francis, Vatican, Vatican diplomacy | 0 |

Nuclear weapons do not increase a nation’s or region’s security, in fact, they are a “risk multiplier” that gives people a false sense of security, Pope Francis said in a message to an international conference.

Pontifical Academy of Sciences raises alarm about nuclear weapons

by bcadmin | Apr 11, 2022 | Catholic News Service, News, nuclear war, Nuclear weapons, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Ukraine Crisis, Vatican | 0 |

Russia’s war on Ukraine frighteningly raises the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons, said members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

Kings Bay Plowshares activists keep focus on continuing witness for peace

by bcadmin | Jun 10, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, nuclear disarmament, nuclear war, Nuclear weapons | 0 |

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.

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

by bcadmin | Jan 15, 2021 | Bishop David J. Malloy, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Nuclear arms treaty, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, nuclear war, Nuclear weapons, USCCB | 0 |

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

Christian leaders work to save nuclear weapons treaty

by bcadmin | Oct 29, 2020 | Catholic Church, Church in the US, disarmament, lead, News, Nuclear arms treaty, nuclear disarmament, nuclear war, Nuclear weapons, Russia, United States | 0 |

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.

Vatican representative calls on U.S. to sign nuclear-test-ban treaty

by bcadmin | Aug 29, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Holy See diplomacy, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, News, Nuclear arms treaty, nuclear disarmament, nuclear war, Nuclear weapons, United Nations, Vatican, Vatican diplomacy | 0 |

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.