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Abolish Nuclear Weapons
The abolition of nuclear weapons is one of the Loretto Community’s priority concerns.
Easter Peace… Let’s Hope
Nuclear weapons are immoral and expensive. One nuclear blast could kill several million people, not including those who would suffer from radiation sickness and genetic mutations. Nukes contaminate air, soil and water for decades. The U.S. has spent trillions of…
A plea from the Peace Committee
Nuclear weapons are weapons of massive destruction so horrendous that to expose anyone to them is not just immoral; it is demonic. On Aug. 6, 1945, our country dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb killed 66,000-100,000 people.…
The new nuclear arms race
As the news in December showed, we are embarked on a new nuclear arms race. Early that month, the U.S. unveiled the B21 Raider nuclear stealth bomber, our first new bomber in 30 years. Later in the month Congress passed,…
Nuclear Waste Grows
The Loretto Peace Committee focuses on the abolition of nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, it is easy for us to forget about nuclear waste. But not for New Mexico residents. Beyond the production of nuclear weapons at the Los Alamos National Laboratory…
Prayer for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
This year is the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Nuclear war was avoided then. We need to avoid it now in the Ukraine and for future generations. Loretto at the UN joins with the United Religions Initiative (URI)’s…
Increased nuclear threat may renew interest in disarmament, advocates say
Posted by Global Sisters Report on September 22, 2022 … Blissman said the NPT talks were “yet one more example of how the U.N. operates in silos on different existential threats to humanity” and how there is need “to make…
Sisters disappointed at outcome of UN nuclear disarmament meetings
Posted by Global Sisters Report on September 5, 2022 Sisters and congregational advocates at the United Nations are disappointed but not surprised at the breakdown of a monthlong meeting examining ways to strengthen the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT. ……
Interfaith Panel Discussion on the 77th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan
Notions of white supremacy and racism have deep ties to the history and culture of nuclear weapons. International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Over the years, several Loretto members have demonstrated at Los Alamos, N.M., on Aug. 6 or 9…
Hiroshima: A Peace Committee Call for a Community Read
In 1946 The New Yorker devoted an entire edition to publishing John Hersey’s “Hiroshima.” Hersey reported on six residents. They were there in the city and, by turns of fate, they survived. This is the story of their suffering. We’ve…
Let’s Talk about Nukes
August 6 marks the 77th anniversary of the dropping of a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima by the United States. According to Alliance for Science, “A total of 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 73,000 in Nagasaki died instantly or within five months of the…
Loretto Stands with the Church in Opposing Nuclear Weapons
I Am the Way, the Loretto Constitutions, uses Scriptural passages to guide Loretto’s work. The Old Testament prophet Jerimiah tells us quite plainly, “I know the plans I have in mind for you, plans for peace and not disaster, reserving…
Nuclear Ban Week in Vienna
It’s finally happening, the first Meeting of States Parties to the U.N. Ban Treaty! Eighty-six countries have signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and 61 states have ratified it! The states parties are meeting in Vienna along with civil…