Resources for Educators: Nuclear Arms
The use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated. The power of modern means of destruction weighs very heavily in evaluating this condition" CCC 2309.
Catholic Websites:
- Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. "Nuclear Weapons and Morality: An Unequivocal Position." Address to U.S. Catholic Bishops' Panel "Ethics, Policy, and the Proliferation of WMD" (Nov. 11, 2005).
- "The Morality of Nuclear Deterrence." An Evaluation of Pax Christi Bishops of United States (June 1998).
- Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien. "Nuclear Weapons and Moral Questions: The Path to Zero." Symposium hosted by the U.S. Strategic Command, July 29, 2009.
Ecclesial Documents (Bishop/ Vatican)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Justice, Peace & Human Development, "Nuclear Arms & Landmines" (Feb. 2004).
August 6 and August 9 were the dates that Atomic Bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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