Additional Reading & Resources
2021
Cardinal Blase J. Culpich, June 2021.
The Hill
We Must End the Nuclear Threat Before It Ends Us
Father Brian Muzás, April 2021.
Seton Hall Magazine
Nuclear Exploration, How religious cultural heritage may have shaped the presidential approach to nuclear arms
Leading Scientists and Catholic Leaders Call on President Biden to Work for a World Free of the Nuclear Threat - (May 12,2021)
Joint Statement by the Catholic Bishops of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the Entry into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons - CBCJ (Jan 21, 2021)
U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for International Justice and Peace Issues Urgent Call to Extend the New START Treaty - USCCB (Jan 2021)
Bugos, Shannon. (Jan 2021)
Defense One
Biden Should Extend New START — and By the Full Five Years
2020
75th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Publications
The 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A Renewed Call for Our Day - USCCB
75 Years after the War – A Peace Message from the Catholic Bishops of Japan Protect All Life, Peace Is the Path of Hope - The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan
Joint Declaration On Hiroshima Day 2020 - German Commission for Justice and Peace and the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany
75 Years after Hiroshima - How We Can Work toward Pope Francis' Vision - Drew Christiansen, S.J., America The Jesuit Review
OpEd on the 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Mayor of Nagasaki
Shifting the Nuclear Narartive - Erin Connolly, Berkley Forum
Resources for the 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - USCCB
Carlo Trezza, June 2020.
NATOFoundation.org
How Many Nukes has the Pope?
Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., Issue1/2020.
Ethics and Armed Forces: Controversies in Peace Ethics & Security Policy
Waiting for Armageddon: Theological and Ethical Aspects Of Nuclear Deterrence
Maryann Cusimano Love, May 2020.
Arms Control Today
The Papal Vision: Beyond the Bomb
Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., March 2020.
Berkely Center for Peace, Religion and World Affairs
Time For The Abolition Of Nuclear Arms
Maryann Cusimano Love, August 2019.
America Jesuit Review
"A new nuclear arms race? How the U.S. withdrawing from a treaty with Russia increases the risk"
David Cortright, April 16, 2020
America, The Jesuit Review
Pope Francis and the U.S. bishops are correct: We cannot engage in a new nuclear arms race
Committee for International Justice and Peace, USCCB, February 14, 2020
USCCB Statement
Statement from U.S. Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace Committee on Nuclear Disarmament
Gerard F. Powers, February 6, 2020
Berkley Forum
The Church and Nuclear Disarmament in a Schizophrenic Time
January 31, 2020
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University
The Pope and The Bomb: Beyond Deterrence Conference
January 30, 2020
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University
Pope Francis' Vision of Peace
Charles Geiser, January 10, 2020
National Catholic Reporter
Twin Inconvenient Truths: Nuclear Arms and Climate Change
2019
His Holiness, Pope FrancisHis Holiness, Pope Francis, January 9, 2020
Vatican Transcript of Speech to Diplomatic Corps
Pope Francis - Speech to the Vatican Diplomatic Corps
Gerard F. Powers, CPN, Kroc Institute for Int'l. Peace Studies, November 2019.
Quotes related to Pope Francis' visit to Japan and the Pope's statement on nuclear weapons
Pope Francis lands in Japan for the first papal visit in decades, Fox2Now
Pope Francis lands in Japan for the first papal visit in decades, CNN
Pope in Hiroshima: Use and possession of atom bomb ‘immoral", The Washington Post
Pope in Hiroshima: Use and Possession of Atom Bomb 'Immoral", The New York Times
Pope in Hiroshima: Use and possession of atom bomb 'immoral', The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Pope in Nagasaki: No to atomic weapons, deterrence doctrine, CP24 Toronto
Pope calls for 'world without nuclear weapons' during visit to Nagasaki, The Independent
In Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Pope Francis bids to be “norm entrepreneur”, Crux
Pontiff condems nuclear weapons, Taipei Times
His Holiness Pope Francis, November 24, 2019.
Vatican transcript of Speech at the Atomic Bomb Hypo Center Park, Nagasaki
Message on Nuclear Weapons - Nagasaki
Article on papal visit to Japan, November 24, 2019.
AP News Service
Pope in Hiroshima: Use and Posession of Atom Bomb "Immoral"
Fr Peter-John Pearson, November 22, 2019
South African Catholic Bishop's Conference, Parliamentary Liaison Office
BP 489: Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Day 2019
Gerard Powers, James Muller, George Lopez, October 2019.
Kroc Cast, Podbean
The Past Present and Future of the Nuclear Disarmament Movement
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Sept. 25, 2019.
Statement on Nuclear Weapons
Statement on Nuclear Weapons
Maryann Cusimano Love, August 2019.
America Jesuit Review
"A new nuclear arms race? How the U.S. withdrawing from a treaty with Russia increases the risk"
German Justice & Peace Commission, Berlin, June 2019.
Position Paper on Nuclear Weapons
Outlawing Nuclear Weapons as the Start of Nuclear Disarmament
Ernest J. Moniz and Sam Nunn, 2019.
Foreign Affairs
"Return of Doomsday - The New Nuclear Arms Race and How Washington and Moscow Can Stop It"
CCCB
Plenary Assembly, Sept. 25, 2019
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops - Statement on Nuclear Weapons
USCCB
Official Statements (1983-present)
"U.S. and European Catholic Bishops Call for Strategy to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons Globally"
Paul Elie, Senior Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Nov. 19, 2019
The New Yorker
The Pope and Catholic Radicals Come Together Against Nuclear Weapons
2018
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Sept. 2018.
"Religious Leader Advocacy for Nuclear Disarmament"
Drew Christiansen, S.J., May 2018.
La Civilità Cattolica
"The Church Says 'No' to Nuclear Weapons: Pastoral and Moral Implications"
Maryann Cusimano Love, May 2018.
America Magazine
"Trump broke the Iran deal. Can the church help reduce tensions?"
Gerard F. Powers, May 2018.
Arms Control Today
"Papal Condemnation of Nuclear Deterrence What Next?"
2017
David Cortright, July 2017.
Peace Policy
"Security without Nuclear Weapons"
Gerard F. Powers, Nov. 2017.
Peace Policy
"The Holy See's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament"
Maryann Cusimano Love, Nov. 2017.
Peace Policy
"Resurrection Politics and Banning the Bomb"
Address of His Holiness Pope Francis, Nov. 2017.
Vatican International Symposium
"Prospects for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons and for Integral Disarmament"
Pax Christi Webinar, 2017.
"International Webinar Series on Nuclear Disarmament"
Bishop Oscar Cantú, Aug. 2017.
USCCB Letter
Letter Regarding the Crisis on the Korean Peninsula
Tobias Winright, July 2017.
The Tablet
"In Pursuit of the Human Factor: Are the Traditional Principles of a 'Just War' Relevant in an Age of Nuclear Weapons?"
Bishop Oscar Cantú and Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerichm, July 2017.
USCCB and CCEE, Joint Letter
"Nuclear Disarmament: Seeking Human Security"
Bishop Oscar Cantú, Oct. 2017.
USCCB Letter
"Letter to Secretary of State Tillerson on Nuclear Non-proliferation"
2015
Nuclear Threat Initiative, 2015.
NTI Video
"The Pope and the Bomb"
Gerard F. Powers, May 2015.
Arms Control Today
"From Nuclear Deterrence to Disarmament: Evolving Catholic Perspectives,"
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (May 2015)
Audio, Video, Transcripts
"From Nuclear Deterrence to Disarmament: Evolving Catholic Perspectives"
2013
Pope John XXIII Papal Encyclical Pacem in Terris 50th Anniversary, Washington D.C., 2013
"Peacebuilding 2013: Pacem in Terris at 50"
Catholic University of America
"Scholars Explore Pacem in Terris at 50"
Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, CSC, May 1988.
The Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs
"The Nuclear Dilemma - the Greatest Moral Problem of all Time"
USCCB, May 1983.
Pastoral Letter on War and Peace
"The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise, Our Response"