Catholics join scientists in asking Biden to end threat of nuclear weapons
A sign denouncing nuclear weapons is seen near the White House in Washington Oct. 25, 2019. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
By Dennis Sadowski • Catholic News Service • Posted May 12, 2021
(CNS) Catholic proponents of nuclear disarmament joined scientists in calling on President Joe Biden to pursue an ambitious plan to end the threat nuclear weapons pose to the planet.
In a statement to the White House May 12, a group of 14 disarmament advocates seven Catholics, including three bishops, and seven scientists urged Biden to seek a new agreement with Russia to continue reducing nuclear weapon stockpiles and work worldwide to achieve their abolition.
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Protesters walk near a construction site of the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline in Holtwood, Pa., Nov. 18, 2017. (Photo: CNS/Stephanie Keith, Reuters)
By Dennis Sadowski
CLEVELAND (CNS) The Adorers of the Blood of Christ have returned to court arguing that the existence of a 3-year-old natural gas pipeline through their land in Pennsylvania violates their religious freedom rights guaranteed under a 1993 law.
A lawsuit filed by the congregation of women religious in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is the latest step the order has taken to assert its rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, known as RFRA.