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WASHINGTON (CNS)—Rose Gottemoeller, assistant secretary of state and lead U.S. negotiator of the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, has been spending time on Catholic university campuses lately. State Dept. Official Urges Students to Think About Nuclear Arms Monday, October 04, 2010

UNITED NATIONS (CNS)—The United Nations might not be perfect, but it has helped humanity move toward a world marked by dialogue, peace and development, the Vatican's foreign minister told the U.N. General Assembly. Vatican Official Tells UN That Dialogue Is Only Path to Peace Friday, October 01, 2010

WASHINGTON (CNS)—The American bishop who serves as president of Pax Christi USA has called for the end of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. Pax Christi Bishop Calls for End of US-led War in Afghanistan Monday, September 20, 2010

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The United States has a duty to leave behind peace, not chaos, when troops are finally withdrawn from Iraq, said an Iraqi bishop. Iraqi Bishop: US Must Leave Behind Peace, Security Saturday, August 21, 2010

WASHINGTON (CNS)—The ancient Christian communities that once thrived in Iraq "now face potential extinction," said U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, urging the United States to develop a postwar plan to help Iraq resolve the humanitarian consequences of the seven-year war. Cardinal Urges Plan to Address Humanitarian Concerns in Iraq Tuesday, August 10, 2010

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (CNS)—At the July 21 Eagle Remembrance Ceremony for nine fallen Fort Campbell soldiers, families of those who made the ultimate sacrifice paused in front of portraits of their loved ones to embrace and wipe away tears while members of the standing room only crowd did the same. Soldiers' Deaths Hit Close to Home for Fort Campbell Families Wednesday, July 28, 2010

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (CNS)—Child soldiers have become the "new low-technology weapon" of today's wars, said the retired Canadian general who led U.N. peacekeeping forces during the Rwandan genocide. Retired General: Child Soldiers Are New Weapon Thursday, June 24, 2010

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS)—While the country was honoring its war dead on Memorial Day weekend, many soldiers at Fort Campbell were spending their last days with their families and loved ones before shipping out for Afghanistan. Army Families Prepare for Unit's Deployment to Afghanistan Friday, June 04, 2010

NEW YORK (CNS)—Speaking at two U.N.-related events May 4, the archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan, called the existence of nuclear weapons "intrinsically evil" and said "there is no reason whatsoever to justify this deadly weapon." Nagasaki Archbishop Says Nuclear Arms Never Justified Friday, May 07, 2010

NEW YORK (CNS)—Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami of Nagasaki, Japan, was an unborn child in his mother's womb on Aug. 9, 1945, when the second atomic bomb obliterated his hometown. The blast killed about 75,000 people and brought an end to World War II. Statue From Nagasaki a Poignant Reminder of Nuclear Threat Wednesday, May 05, 2010

WASHINGTON (CNS)—Senate ratification of the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty is a moral imperative and a necessary step toward the eventual goal of total nuclear disarmament, Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien of Baltimore said. Bishops Ramp Up Church Support for New Arms Pact Wednesday, April 28, 2010

WASHINGTON (CNS)—On the nuclear disarmament front, it sounds like the 1980s all over again. Talk of Nuclear Disarmament Gets Serious in International Arena Saturday, April 17, 2010

MARYKNOLL, N.Y. (CNS)—Nuclear disarmament is a critical goal that enjoys popular and bipartisan support but is hampered by a lack of passion and the polarization of society and politics, according to speakers at a panel discussion held at Maryknoll headquarters. Passion, Not Polarization Needed to Rid World of Nukes Thursday, April 15, 2010

WASHINGTON (CNS)—The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops welcomed the signing of a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the United States and Russia and promised to urge the U.S. Senate to ratify the pact in a letter to President Barack Obama. Bishops Support Treaty; Pledge to Urge Senate to Ratify Pact Monday, April 12, 2010

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Like chaplains in the U.S. military around the world, a group of Catholic chaplains meeting at the Vatican spent a full day studying how to provide pastoral and spiritual care to people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. U.S. Military Chaplains Study Post-traumatic Syndrome Sunday, January 24, 2010

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