The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ peace committee this week urged Catholics to pray fervently for progress in nuclear arms... Read more
In Hiroshima, G7 leaders issued their first-ever statement on nuclear disarmament, with a special focus on Russia. Read more
Four Catholic bishops from the U.S. and Japan called for G7 leaders who are meeting in Nagasaki to take action... Read more
Pope Francis condemned the use of nuclear weapons in favor of a “culture of life and peace” in a message... Read more
The prayer will be recited by Catholics worldwide on March 25. Read more
The pope was speaking on the 21st day of the war in Ukraine. Read more
The Burmese Church leader said the world was on ‘the threshold of self-annihilation.’ Read more
Dr. Takashi Nagai’s work to help survivors of the Nagasaki atomic bombing and to console his devastated Japanese Catholic community... Read more
Reluctant states should sign a treaty banning nuclear weapons, Vatican diplomat Archbishop Paul Gallagher told the United Nations on Tuesday.... Read more
Ahead of important international meetings this week, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago urged President Joe Biden and other world leaders... Read more
Catholic bishops have signed a statement calling the U.K. government’s plan to increase its nuclear weapons stockpile a “retrograde step.” Read more
The Catholic bishops of Hiroshima and Nagasaki welcomed the United Nations treaty banning nuclear weapons that came into force Friday,... Read more
Catholic bishops urged the U.K. on Tuesday to give up its nuclear arsenal. Read more
The current pandemic has underscored the need for global solidarity to achieve nuclear disarmament, a senior Vatican diplomat said on... Read more
A Vatican official challenged the security theory of nuclear deterrence as immoral at the United Nations this week and called... Read more
The bishops of the United States released a statement on Friday, calling for the United States and other nuclear powers to... Read more
Pope Francis prayed for peace Sunday at the site of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, where he called for an... Read more
At the ground zero site of the 1945 nuclear attack on Nagasaki, Pope Francis said the threat of using nuclear... Read more
In a video message to the country of Japan Nov. 18, Pope Francis said he prays that the power of... Read more
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has invited Pope Francis to meet in Pyongyang, a South Korean spokesman said Tuesday.... Read more