🕊️☮️“We are a thorn in the flesh to remind people not just of the immorality of using these weapons, but also the immorality of possessing them.”

During the recent Justice & Peace Europe International Workshop and General Assembly in Glasgow, delegates gathered at HM Naval Base Clyde (Faslane) for a peace witness prayer vigil with reflections led by Archbishop William Nolan, President of Justice & Peace Scotland.

In his reflection Archbishop Nolan challenged the widespread acceptance of nuclear deterrence and reminded us of the moral questions we must continue to ask about the possession of weapons of mass destruction. Drawing on the teaching of Pope John XXIII in Pacem in Terris, he highlighted the enormous human cost of spending vast amounts on nuclear weapons when those resources could instead be used to feed the poor and care for the most vulnerable.

As Christians, we are called to keep challenging the idea that our security depends on weapons capable of destroying humanity and to work towards a world free from the threat of nuclear weapons.

🎬Watch this short extract from Archbishop Nolan's reflection at Faslane.
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