nuclear weapons
Integral Disarmament
In November the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development hosted a special symposium on nuclear disarmament at the Vatican.
A world without nuclear weapons IS possible
Under pressure from nuclear-armed nations that insist a world without nuclear weapons is not possible, a grassroots movement has achieved a UN nuclear ban treaty and a Nobel Peace Prize.
UN: Nuclear ban treaty negotiations
Maryknoll Sister Elizabeth Zwareva reports on the negotiations at the United Nations to adopt a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading toward their total elimination.
Nuclear disarmament needed now
In March, UN member states held the first round of controversial negotiations on a nuclear weapons ban. One month later, amid rising tensions between the U.S. and North Korea, the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns co-sponsored a conference on nuclear disarmament at the U.S. Capitol where leading voices for nuclear disarmament were heard.
Women's March to Ban the Bomb
Everyone can be part of history by joining the Women's March to Ban the Bomb in New York City on Saturday, June 17th, organized by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom during the second round of the nuclear weapons ban negotiations at the UN.
Peace Witness to Commemorate the U.S. Nuclear Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
"Let all the souls here rest in peace, for we shall not repeat the evil."
(Epitah at bottom of the Hiroshima Peace Park Memorial Cenotaph and Peace Flame to remember all the victims of the atomic bombings)
The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker Community welcomes all to join two events: