02 November 2013, The Tablet

Nuclear weapons: time for a lead


 
I cannot understand how Lord Guthrie can argue that keeping our nuclear deterrent has kept the peace (News from Britain and Ireland, 19 October). Possession of nuclear weapons did not prevent the 9/11 or July terrorists, nor the wars in Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan. The Church’s teaching is crystal clear: we should not use nuclear weapons. It seems inconsistent to accept the new English Mass because Rome said so. Rome has repeatedly said we should not have nuclear weapons. Why do we obey t
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