Pax Christi USA has a long history of working for nuclear disarmament. Listed below are some of our current/recent programs with accompanying resources:
- 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
- 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