- Peace Declaration issued by Mayor of Hiroshima, Tadatoshi Akiba, at the Hiroshima memorial service in Japan, 6 August 2008 (OpenDemocracy site 7 August 2008)
- Nuclear Morality Flowchart This is a tool to encourage analysis of deterrent morality configured as a 'decision tree' to help people decide where they stand and to make national decision makers more accountable. It was designed by Pax Christi member Martin Birdseye. This link takes you to the site were you will find explanatory notes and the 'flow chart' itself. A useful tool for stalls/exhibitons around the time of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Pope Calls Arms Dealers to Examine Consciences - Vatican City, June 16, 2008 (Zenit.org).-
Pope Benedict XVI, in his welcome address to the new Cameroon Anbassador, made a strong appeal to those involved in what is often an extermely lucrative arms trade to face their conscience and consider the
consequences of such activity:
"I exhort all persons involved in the sale or traffic of arms, with interests that are often extremely lucrative, to ask themselves what are the consequences engendered by their behavior," the Pontiff said. "May the international community commit itself in this field together with the local authorities so that peace in all countries will gain ground every day." Read more... Full text in French and Italian
- SIPRI 2008 Year Book Report on Worldwide Military Expenditure: 6% increase over 2007
Read more - Download the very informative Summary Report
- Aotearoa/New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference against Cluster Bombs (May 2008)
The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference expresses its strong support for the adoption of a comprehensive Convention which will prohibit the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions. Read full text
- Appeal from Faith Leaders on International Treaty on Cluster Bombs (19 April 2008)
As people of faith, several bishops and religious leaders worldwide raised their voice for the protection of life and promotion of peace by calling on all governments to end the production, transfer, stockpiling and use of cluster bombs. Among the religious leaders are Pax Christi bishops as well as the Co-Presidency and Secretary General of Pax Christi International. The appeal is to be published in different national Newspapers on 19 April 2008, one month before the Dublin Conference begins.
Read full text in PDF or RTF format
- Pope BENEDICT XVI's Address to UN Assembly (New York, 18 April 2008)
full text (French/English)
- International Seminar ''Disarmament, Development and Peace. Perspectives for an Integral Disarmament'' (Rome, 11-12 April 2008)
The initiative is inspired by the concept of “integral disarmament” proposed by the social doctrine of the Church. According to Pope John XXIII: «unless this process of disarmament be thoroughgoing and complete, and reach men’s very souls, it is impossible to stop the arms race, or to reduce armaments, or – and this is the main thing – ultimately to abolish them entirely. Everyone must sincerely co-operate in the effort to banish fear and the anxious expectation of war from men's minds» (Pacem in terris, 113).
- 'Informed Choice? Armed Forces Recruitment Practice in the United Kingdom' - (January 2008)
An independent report by David Gee. Research and publication funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Every year, the armed forces recruit around 20,000 people to replace those who leave.
An independent report to be published in December asks whether recruits
know what they accept when they enlist. Enlistment involves legal obligations that
are much more restrictive than anything in civilian employment and an
armed forces career carries many risks. The report finds that
recruitment literature, web sites and the applications process tend to
glamorise warfare and fall short of ensuring that potential recruits are
informed of the risks and obligations of forces careers. An independent
web site is also being produced for potential recruits themselves,
setting out the facts as fairly as possible.
To view the report, visit www.informedchoice.org.uk
- Church leader in Japan, Bishop Michael Goro Matsuura sends
message to Pax Christi on Hiroshima Day 2007, calling for solidarity
against plans to revise Article 9 of the Japanese constitution.
Full message available here
- What the Churches say about Trident replacement
Two sheets of quotes that can be downloaded and enlarged for display
purposes
What the Churches
Say #1 and What
the Churches Say #2
- Pax Christi International -
statements and declarations
- Iran:
Can a military strike work?
"military strike on Iran
could speed up Iran's production of a nuclear bomb" Oxford report
says (05/03/07)
Read the full
report (PDF format)
- World Council of Churches Statement
Need for Churches' Vigilance Against Nuclear Proliferation (01/03/07)
The need for churches to be vigilant about nuclear proliferation has
been stressed by the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee
in a statement in Bossey, near Geneva. The WCC governing body reaffirmed "the
churches' consistent call for the abolition of nuclear weapons",
which today is "more urgent than ever" as control mechanisms
like the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are being put under pressure
by recent global political and military developments.
- Iran: Time
to Talk
Case for diplomatic solutions on Iran -
a report from 14 NGOs, faith groups and trade unions, including Pax
Christi.
Download here
- For a briefing on the US allegations on Iranian
weapon supplies
to Iraq (Feb 2007) go to Justice not Vengeance website
- Vatican backs Scottish
Bishops' "NO!" to Nuclear Weapons
- Nuclear Weapons: A Scottish
Catholic Study Guide
- "NO!" to
TRIDENT by Church
Leaders in Wales
- Catholic
Bishops of England & Wales call for Decomissioning of Nuclear Weapons
- Challenging
Trident: The proper work of religion
by Douglas Roche (download talk
- PDF format)
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