by Kevin Clarke, America Magazine As President Obama prepares for his Group of Seven meeting in Japan and a visit to Hiroshima later this week, religious leaders and anti-nuclear activists have been urging him to seize the historic moment in a city once devastated by a U.S. atomic attack. They argue he should use the … Continue reading NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT: Obama urged to renew effort toward nuclear disarmament in Hiroshima
NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT: Church in dramatic revision of nuclear weapons stance
by Kevin Clarke, America The Catholic Church seemed to throw its support behind what is, in Europe at least, an accelerating movement demanding the abolition of nuclear weapons during the first day of the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons on Dec. 8. In a message to the conference participants from Pope Francis, … Continue reading NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT: Church in dramatic revision of nuclear weapons stance