Pope in Nagasaki urges commitment
to a world free of nuclear weapons - News Video
Visiting the Peace Memorial in Nagasaki on Sunday morning,
Pope Francis confirms that peace and security cannot be guaranteed through
false security based on fear and mutual mistrust.
By Vatican News
A steady rain was falling over Nagasaki as Pope Francis
stood before the Peace Memorial and reaffirmed the Church’s total opposition to
the use of nuclear weapons.
"Peace and international stability are incompatible
with attempts to build upon the fear of mutual destruction or the threat of
total annihilation."
The arms race, said the Pope, uses resources that are taken
away from the development of peoples and the protection of the environment.
"In a world where millions of children and families
live in inhumane conditions, the money that is squandered and the fortunes made
through the manufacture, upgrading, maintenance, and sale of ever more
destructive weapons are an affront crying out to heaven."
Making a world without nuclear weapons a reality requires
“the involvement of all”, said Pope Francis.
"Convinced as I am that a world without nuclear
weapons is possible and necessary, I ask political leaders not to forget that
these weapons cannot protect us from current threats to national and
international security. We need to ponder the catastrophic impact of their
deployment, especially from a humanitarian and environmental standpoint, and
reject heightening a climate of fear, mistrust, and hostility fomented by
nuclear doctrines."
The Pope concluded inviting everyone to join in praying “for
the triumph of a culture of life, reconciliation, and fraternity.”
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