US & Japanese Bishops Urge Renewed Commitment to Nuclear Disarmament

US & Japanese Bishops urge renewed commitment to nuclear disarmament

Marking the fifth anniversary of the Treaty of the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, several Bishops of Japan and the United States renew calls for nations to work toward a world free of nuclear arms. Read all

Make Nuclear Weapons the Target

Five years of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons., https://www.redcross.org.au/stories/ihl/five-years-of-the-treaty/ Nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to humanity and to the planet itself. Their catastrophic humanitarian consequences are undeniable: immediate mass casualties, long-term radiation effects, and unthinkable environmental devastation. Yet, despite these risks, thousands of nuclear weapons still exist today. On …

On treaty anniversary, Archbishop Etienne, partner bishops reinforce call for nuclear disarmament

SEATTLE — The Catholic bishops leading the Partnership for a World without Nuclear Weapons (PWNW) called on “world leaders to demonstrate measurable progress toward nuclear disarmament” as they marked the fifth anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.“Eight decades of nuclear threats are far too long, as evidenced by the horrors documented by the atomic bombing museums in Japan,” the bishops said in a Jan. 21 statement.Th…