nuclear weapons
Can Pope Francis bring peace to Ukraine?
By Thomas Reese — May 31, 2023
(RNS) — The pope’s refusal to cheer either side in this war gives him credibility as mediator.
Georgia Guidestones, long treasured and feared, demolished after attack
By Heather Greene — July 7, 2022
(RNS) — ‘The stones would probably have survived a nuclear war,’ said a local historian, ‘but they could not survive Southern culture.’
Pope Francis hopes ‘reality therapy’ of COVID-19 overcomes ideological opposition to vaccines
By Claire Giangravé — January 10, 2022
(RNS) — In his annual address to the Vatican's diplomatic corps, the pope stressed the individual's responsibility 'to care for ourself and our health, and this translates into respect for the health of those around us.'
How to remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Sign the nuclear weapons treaty
By Diane Randall — August 20, 2021
(RNS) — I look forward to celebrating the complete abolishment of nuclear weapons.
Seventh and final Plowshares member sentenced to prison for nuclear base break-in
By Yonat Shimron — April 9, 2021
(RNS) — Mark Colville was part of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 who broke into a naval base on April 4, 2018. DePaul University in Chicago announced last month it would recognize the group with a Christian nonviolence award.
Catholic worker who broke into naval base to protest nuclear weapons sentenced
By Yonat Shimron — October 16, 2020
(RNS) — Patrick O'Neill is the third of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 to be sentenced by a US District Court judge for trespassing at the Kings Bay Naval Base two years ago in a symbolic act of nuclear disarmament.
Catholic priest is sentenced to time served after 2018 break-in at nuclear naval base
By Yonat Shimron — October 15, 2020
(RNS) — A U.S. District Court judge sentenced the Rev. Stephen Kelly to 33 months in jail and three years’ probation, plus restitution fees for trespassing onto the Kings Bay Naval Base in Georgia.
Ardeth Platte, Dominican nun dedicated to no-nukes cause, dies at 84
By Patrick O'Neill — September 30, 2020
(RNS) — She spent years in prison for nonviolent civil disobedience and later served as an inspiration for a character on the popular Netflix show ‘Orange Is the New Black.’
After 75 years, a question about race haunts Truman’s calculation on Hiroshima
By A. James Rudin — August 5, 2020
(RNS) — Much of the world focused on President Harry Truman's explanation for using the bomb 75 years ago, but the Japanese I met had a different question.
Judge sentences 80-year-old Catholic activist for breaking into nuclear submarine base
By Yonat Shimron — June 8, 2020
(RNS) — Elizabeth McAlister, a former nun, was sentenced to time already served after she and six other Catholic activists broke into a Navy submarine base in 2018 as part of a symbolic nuclear disarmament action.
Jury convicts 7 Catholic pacifists of breaking into nuclear submarine base
By Yonat Shimron — October 24, 2019
(RNS) — They now face up to 25 years in prison each for stealing onto the US Navy base that houses six Trident submarines carrying hundreds of nuclear weapons in an effort to symbolically disarm the base.
Judge denies nuclear protesters’ religious freedom defense
By Yonat Shimron — August 28, 2019
(RNS) — A U.S. district court judge found the activists were sincere in their religious faith but that the government had a compelling interest to charge them with three felonies and a misdemeanor.
These Catholics broke into a nuclear base. Now they’re asking a judge to drop the charges.
By Yonat Shimron — August 7, 2019
(RNS) — Members of the group known as the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 face up to 25 years in prison for trespassing on a U.S. Navy base that houses six Trident submarines carrying hundreds of nuclear weapons.
Awaiting trial for breaking into a nuclear base, 7 Catholic activists are unrepentant
By Yonat Shimron — July 10, 2019
(RNS) — At a time when many faith-based social activists have moved on to other issues, seven Catholic pacifists aim to draw attention to the most ominous threat facing civilization: the risk of global nuclear annihilation.
Jimmy Carter, 93, talks about his new book: ‘Faith’
By Adelle M. Banks — April 13, 2018
(RNS) — The former president also told RNS about his plans to speak at Liberty University and cutting back on his Sunday school teaching.
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