On December 2, join us in New York City for an interfaith prayer service in conjunction with the First Review Conference of the TPNW. Find more information and register at this link!
Pax Christi USA has a long history of working for nuclear disarmament. Listed below are some of our current/recent programs with accompanying resources:
- Use this link to watch the recording of the No Nukes Advocacy Hour, April 23, 2026
- 81 years later: Hiroshima-Nagasaki commemorations, August 2026
- Endorse the Appeal for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, September 2025
- Apology petition to the people of Japan on the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombings
- No conflict is distant: Pax Christi USA’s statement on the US bombing of Iran, June 2025
- Pax Christi USA signs interfaith appeal in support of TPNW, March 2025
- Hiroshima-Nagasaki commemorations, August 2024
- Prayer-Study-Action on RESA, summer 2024
- January 27, 2024: Online forum, “Building a world without nuclear weapons: An urgent imperative”
- Resources and activities especially organized for the commemorations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2023
- Prayer-Study-Action for 2023 Hiroshima-Nagasaki commemorations
- 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 – Find additional resources here
- The Peace Ribbon Project
- The Back from the Brink Campaign: The call to prevent nuclear war
- The 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Statements on nuclear disarmament
- May 2023 – Pax Christi leaders send message to G7, urging action on nuclear weapons
- May 2023 – G7 Hiroshima Summit should reaffirm the nuclear taboo
- May 2023 – Archbishops Etienne, Wester issue letter with bishops of Hiroshima, Nagasaki to urge 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
- Pax Christi USA responds to threats of resumed nuclear tests (October 2025)
- US lawmakers should learn from faith-based leaders demanding elimination of nuclear weapons (Common Dreams, September 2023)
- Warheads to Windmills: Preventing climate catastrophe and nuclear war
- Warheads to Windmills: How to pay for a New Green Deal
- Call in day in support of H. Res. 77 (April 2023)
- Action alert in support of H. Res. 77 (March 2023)
- 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
- Don’t Bank on the Bomb, a campaign to provide information for disinvestment from nuclear weapons
- National Priorities Project, which provides information on the military budget as part of the federal budget.
- ICAN (International Coalition Against Nuclear Weapons), winner of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
- Invitation to sign nuclear ban treaty statement, offered by OREPA (Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance) (Pax Christi USA has endorsed)
- Status of world nuclear forces 2021, Federation of American Scientists
- Statement on nuclear disarmament, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on International Justice and Peace, February 14, 2020
Coalitions/Efforts we support