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By Andrea Tornielli “Never again war, never again the clash of arms, never again so much suffering”, the use of atomic energy for purposes of war is “immoral,” as is the “possession” of nuclear weapons. On November 24, 2019, from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Pope Francis raised his cry for a world free at last of atomic weapons. Eleven months later, last October, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was ratified and now goes into force on Friday, January 22. We discussed it with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Vatican Secretary for Relations with States. Your Excellency, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons represents the first legally binding agreement that prohibits the development, testing, production, stockpiling and transfer of nuclear weapons, as well as their use. Why is this important?

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