by Sean Reilly | Jul 11, 2008
Campaigners say that the US Senate has administered the ‘last rites’ to the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW). The Senate Appropriations Committee passed an annual spending bill yesterday that rejected all funding for the new weapon. The Senate’s...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 8, 2008
Climate change, its causes and consequences as well as the role of churches worldwide, are at the centre of a 7-14 July 2008 visit to the Pacific region by World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia. During a series of encounters with leaders...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 15, 2008
Twenty-eight arms control advocacy and religious organizations called today for a key committee of the US Congress to stop the administration from building a new nuclear weapon. In a letter to the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee organized by the...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 2, 2008
The Bush administration is writing blank checks for weapons systems that are hundreds of billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule while cutting funds that help real people at home and abroad, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers)...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 12, 2007
Pope Benedict XVI has called for increased efforts from international leaders toward nuclear disarmament. His message, ahead of the 41st World Day of Peace (1 Jan 2008), was released yesterday. In it he criticised those involved in the ongoing arms race and...
