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
The potential release of three American prisoners from North Korea’s labor camps – reported to be “imminent” – would be... Read more
Local bishops called the Inter-Korean Summit an answered prayer after the leaders of the two Koreas signed a peace agreement... Read more
En route from Italy to Chile on Monday, Pope Francis told journalists of his concerns about war, and especially the... Read more