Nuclear Disarmament

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About the Project

Started in 2014, the Project on Revitalizing Catholic Engagement on Nuclear Disarmament is focused on revitalizing and strengthening the voice of the Catholic community in the United States and beyond in the debate on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. Through various initiatives the project is empowering a new generation of Catholics: Church leaders, scholars, and students – to contribute to wider efforts to further reduce and ultimately eliminate nuclear weapons. The project has three main areas of focus: Policy EngagementScholar Engagement, and Student Engagement.

This Project is co-sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame; the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, at Georgetown University; Institute for Polcy Research, The Catholic University of America, and the Catholic Peacebuilding Network


IN THE NEWS

At this year's Graduate School Commencement Ceremony, former Secrtary of Engergy, Ernest Moniz praised the work of CPN's Project to Revitalize Catholic Engagement. See the full story here.

 
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Other News

Holy See echoes Pope‘s plea to end madness of war and ban nuclear arms 

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Catholic atomic bomb survivors from Nagasaki share personal stories 

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U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for International Justice and Peace Condemns Threats to Use Nuclear Weapons 

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Threat Of Nuclear Weapons To The Human Family Continues 60 Years After Cuban Missile Crisis 

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Interfaith Groups United in Call for Nuclear Weapons-Free World

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Archbishop Wester embarks on the long path to end the nuclear threat

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Pope Francis: A world free of nuclear weapons is necessary and possible

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"The Catholic case for eliminating nuclear weapons"

This is an excellent book review of Michael Krepon's new book "Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace."

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"Thomas Merton can still teach us a lot about nuclear war"

This article in America magazine helps highlight the ways in which Catholic thinking on nuclear weapons still proves relevant to the modern world several decades later.

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Cardinal Parolin: ‘Disarmament needed for integral security after pandemic’

This article from the Vatican New Service highlights the importance of nuclear disarmament and the Vatican's ongoing commitment to this issue.

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"A Conversation with Nickolas Roth of the Stimson Center"

On this episode of The Kroc Cast: Peace Studies Conversations, Sean Raming, current Kroc Institute Ph.D. in Peace Studies and History, talks with Nickolas Roth, director of the Stimson Center’s Nuclear Security Program and International Nuclear Security Forum, about current conversations about nuclear weapons, deterrence, disarmament, and arms control.


2021 Catholic Press Awards - Second Place Award Recipient

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Second Place - 2021 Catholic Press Awards

Fr. Drew Christiansen, S.J. and Carole Sargent, Editors, received second place at the Catholic Press Awards for the Morality, Ethics category for their book
A World Free From Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament, Georgetown University Press, January 2019. 

"A World Free from Nuclear Weapons is a critical companion for scholars of modern Catholicism, moral theology, and peace studies, as well as policymakers working on effective disarmament. It shows how the Church's revised position presents an opportunity for global leaders to connect disarmament to larger movements for peace, pointing toward future action."

List of 2021 Award Recipients


Statements from Pope Francis
 

The Pope in Nagasaki Urges Commitment to a World Free of Nuclear Weapons, November 2020

During his historic visit to Japan, the Pope addresses the use and possession of  nuclear weapons, and urges world leaders to create a world free of nuclear weapons.

Vatican Transcript of Pope's Speech at the Atom Bomb Hypo Center Park in Nagasaki

 

The Pope Condemns Nuclear Weapons,  November 2017