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.
Bishops renew nuclear disarmament call as 1945 bombing anniversary nears
A world without nuclear weapons is possible, pope says in Japan
Pope Francis urged a renewed commitment to disarmament and to the international treaties designed to limit or eliminate nuclear weapons in Hiroshima, Nov. 24.
Peace, dialogue held hostage by nuclear weapons threat, pope says
Nuclear weapons “exist in the service of a mentality of fear that affects not only the parties in conflict but the entire human race,” Pope Francis said Nov. 10.
Nuclear weapons ban treaty has challenge of actual disarmament occurring
The passage of a United Nations treaty banning the possession of nuclear weapons comes at a time when the majority of world’s nations are frustrated with the slow pace of nuclear disarmament. The final tally saw 122 nations voting for the ban.