Nuclear Weapons

"...I firmly hope that, during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference to be held this May in New York, concrete decisions will be made towards progressive disarmament, with a view to freeing our planet from nuclear arms."

WHAT'S NEW?

Urge President Obama to Change Outdated Nuclear Policy
March 2012

Letter to National Security Advisor Donilon on U.S. Nuclear Weapons
Bishop Richard E. Pates, March 2, 2012

"Ethical Dimentions of a World Without Nuclear Weapons," with Cardinal Roger Mahoney and William Perry
Live streaming Video Event on October 25, 2011

Background on Nuclear Arms Treaties
February 2011

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS, LETTERS, & STATEMENTS

• Catholic-Evangelical Press Conference Supporting New START Treaty
  Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, December 7, 2010
• Letter Urging Senate to Ratify the New START Treaty
  Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, November 29, 2010
• Letter to Senators Who Supported the New START Treaty in Committee
  Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, September 17, 2010
• Moral Reflections on U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
  Archbishop Edwin O'Brien, April 26, 2010
• Letter to Senate Urging Ratification of New START Treaty
  Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, April 15, 2010
• Letter to President Obama Supporting New START Treaty | Spanish Translation
  Francis Cardinal George, OMI, President, April 8, 2010
• Resources on New START Treaty and Catholic Social Teaching on Nuclear Weapons
  April 2010
• Catholic Study Guide for use with Nuclear Tipping Point
  April 2010
• Remarks on Nuclear Disarmament at Global Zero Summit in Paris
  Archbishop Edwin O'Brien, February 3, 2010
• Letter to All House Members Supporting Global Security Priorities Resolution
  Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, November 2, 2009
  
• Letter to Senate on U.S. Nuclear Policy
  Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, September 28, 2009
  
• Open Letter to President Obama on Nuclear Weapons
  Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, September 18, 2009
• Nuclear Weapons and Moral Questions: The Path to Zero
  Archbishop Edwin O'Brien, July 29, 2009
• Letter to Secretary Clinton on Nuclear Nonproliferation
  Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, April 8, 2009
• Letter to House Foreign Affairs Committee on Reintroduced Global Security Priorities Act
  Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, March 30, 2009
• Letter to House Foreign Affairs Leaders on Global Security Priorities Act
  Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, July 11, 2008
• Letter Supporting Global Security Priorities Act
  Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, February 5, 2008
• Letter to Senators on Reliable Replacement Warhead
  Bishop Thomas Wenski, December 5, 2007
• Letter to Secretary of State Rice on Iran
  Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, November 1, 2007
• Statement of Religious Leaders on North Korea Nuclear Agreement
  Bishop Thomas Wenski, July 17, 2007
• Letter to Senate and House Chairs and Ranking Members on Nuclear Weapons Funding
  Bishop Thomas Wenski, May 9, 2007
• Letter to Senator Brownback, Senator DeWine, and Senator Specter to Oppose Funding of the RNEP
  September 1, 2005
• Letter to Bishop Nagoya on 60th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  Bishop William Skylstad, August 2, 2005
• Letter to Senate Appropriations Leaders on Nuclear Research Funding
  Bishop John Ricard, July 18, 2005
• Letter to Senators and Representatives on Research on the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator
  Bishop John H. Ricard, May 10, 2005
• Statement on Nuclear Weapons
  Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, August 6, 2004
• Theological and Moral Perspectives on Today's Challenge of Peace
  Most Rev. Diarmuid Martin, November 10, 2003
• Letter to Senators on Appropriations Bill (S.1424)
  Bishop John H. Ricard, September 15, 2003
• Intervention by the Holy See at the Third Conference on Facilitating the Entry Into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty
  Msgr. Pietro Parolin, Wien, 3-5 September 2003
• Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Reflections on Two Anniversaries
  Most Reverend Wilton D. Gregory, August 4, 2003
• Testimony on the Moscow Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions
  Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  Fr. Drew Christiansen, July 23, 2002
• Statement on New Nuclear Treaty and U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
  Most Reverend Wilton D. Gregory, May 24, 2002
• Joint Nuclear Reduction/Disarmament Press Release & Statement
  June 2000
• Bishop of Military Services Endorses Treaty
  Bishop John Glynn, October 7, 1999
• Senate Rejection of Nuclear Test Ban
  Bishop Joseph Fiorenza, October 14, 1999
• A Time to Remember War and Recommit to Peace
  Most Reverend Daniel P. Reilly, August 2, 1995
• Excerpts from "Harvest of Justice is Sown in Peace" Building Cooperative Security Special Problems
  National Conference of Catholic Bishops, November 17, 1993
• USCCB Statement The Harvest of Justice is Sown in Peace
  United States Catholic Conference, 1993
• Statement on Start II Treaty
  Archbishop John R. Roach, January 5, 1992
• Statement on Start Treaty
  Archbishop John R. Roach, July 18, 1991
• Missile Defense: Excerpts from "A Report on The Challenge of Peace and Policy Developments 1983-1988"
  Ad Hoc Committee on the Moral Evaluation of Deterrence
  National Conference of Catholic Bishops, June 1988
• The Strategic Defense Initiative: Moral Question, Public Choices
  National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1988
• The Challenge of Peace, God's Promise and Our Response
  National Conference of Catholic Bishops, May 3, 1983