Pax Christi USA has a long history of working for nuclear disarmament. Listed below are some of our current/recent programs with accompanying resources:
- Study Circle on Archbishop Wester’s pastoral letter calling for nuclear disarmament
- The Double Threat of Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change
- The Gospel and Nuclear Disarmament Study Circles
- Promoting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- The Peace Ribbon Project
- The Back from the Brink Campaign: The Call to Prevent Nuclear War
- The 75th Anniversary of the Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Statements on Nuclear Disarmament
- 9/24/21 – On the UN International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
- 1/21/21 – On the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entering into force
- 8/6/20 – Interfaith statement on the 75th anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 2/5/19 – Pax Christi USA denounces U.S. and Russian withdrawal from nuclear weapons treaty
- 3/1/11 – On Nuclear De-Alerting
- 5/1/08 – On the 25th anniversary of The Challenge of Peace
- 6/1/98 – On the morality of nuclear deterrence
Additional Resources
> Pastoral letter from Archbishop John C. Wester calling for nuclear disarmament
> A Prayer for Nuclear Disarmament
> “Nuclear Weapons Are Illegal” banner
> Protect People and the Planet: Appeal for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World