Perspective: On Memorial Day, my wife and I spoke out with our bodies. We acted for our children and grandchildren, and purposely trespassed onto the grounds of a nuclear weapons plant in Kansas City.
Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych called the attack on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by Russian forces "an irreversible attack on God's creation."
A Kansas City, Missouri, judge praised four anti-nuke activists for trying to change the world. "While in the eyes of the law you are guilty, I recognize that there is a higher power that compelled you to act," he said.
Commentary: This Advent — as we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus, who commands us to put away the sword and love one another — Congress recently passed a bill that prepares the way for more suffering, death and destruction.
'Let us look at all those civilians whose killing was considered 'collateral damage.' Let us ask the victims themselves. Let us think of the refugees and displaced,' archbishop tells UN committee.
Commentary: For the first time in 20 years, the U.S. bishops' conference is updating its socially responsible investment guidelines. These guidelines need to look at companies tied up in nuclear weapons.
At a time when the United States is engaging in the largest buildup of our nuclear arsenal since the Cold War, and when we are increasing the risk of nuclear war with not only Russia but also China, we would do well to learn from Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen, who died in July 2018 and whose 100th birthday would be Aug. 21.
