Japan

Putting a Face on Nuclear Disarmament: The Church and People of Japan

Stephen M. Colecchi Advocates for a world without nuclear weapons in the United States frequently lament the fact that the general public is not much interested in the issue of nuclear disarmament. People are legitimately concerned about more immediate issues like the...

The Ethics of Disarmament

Cold War, Nuclear Disarmament, War

Gerard F. Powers In 1983, at the height of the Cold War, the U.S. Catholic Bishops issued a pastoral letter on nuclear weapons, The Challenge of Peace, which is still considered a seminal analysis of the ethics of nuclear weapons. The bishops concluded that most...