Rita Corbin

 

"In the words of our Holy Father, we need a 'moral about face'.

 

"The whole world must summon the moral courage and technical means to say "no" to nuclear conflict;

"no" to weapons of mass destruction; "no" to an arms race which robs the poor and the vulnerable;

and "no" to the moral danger of a nuclear age which places before humankind

indefensible choices of constant terror or surrender.

 

Peacemaking is not an optional commitment. It is a requirement of our faith.

We are called to be peacemakers, not by some movement of the moment, but by our Lord Jesus.

The content and context of our peacemaking is set, not by some political agenda or

ideological program, but by the teaching of his Church."

 

U.S. Bishops,

The Challenge of Peace