Jonathan Granoff, a founding member of Bishop Swing's Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons CC, attended a conference at the Vatican where Pope Francis made an important speech condemning not just the use but also the possession of nuclear weapons. Granoff's writeup is available here: http://gsinstitute.org/blogs/news-and-updates/thank-god-for-pope-francis-historic-leadership-for-a-nuclear-weapons-free-world.
From Pope Francis' speech: The “catastrophic humanitarian and environmental effects of any employment of nuclear devices” and “the risk of an accidental detonation as a result of error of any kind” leads to the conclusion that “the threat of their use, as well as their very possession, is to be firmly condemned.”
Nuclear disarmament must be front and center in our efforts to build a heartfelt human unity that respects diversity.
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