Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies & U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

The Ethics of the Obama Administration’s Nuclear Weapons Policy:  Catholic Perspectives

The Catholic Church has long offered a prominent voice on the ethics of U.S. nuclear weapons policy, calling for: deep reductions in nuclear arsenals, moving toward a world free of nuclear weapons; no use of nuclear weapons and a no first use policy; a comprehensive test ban treaty; challenging the morality of nuclear deterrence policy; and demilitarizing U.S. foreign policy and developing greater institutional capacities in peace building.  How does the Catholic Church assess the moral dimensions of the new nuclear weapons policies set by the Obama Administration in the spring of 2010?

Panelists:

Archbishop Edwin Frederick O’Brien, Former Head Head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA

Dr. Rose Gottemoeller, Asst. Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance & Implementation

Dr. Maryann Cusimano Love, IPR Fellow, Associate Prof. Dept. of Politics & Fellow, US Commission on International Religious Freedom

Gen. William Burns, Prof. at the Army War College in Carlisle, PA, former US arms negotiator and leader in the Global Zero movement

Dr. William Barbieri, IPR Fellow & Associate Prof., School of Theology & Religious Studies and former Director, CUA Pax Christi

Monday, April 26, 2010,4:00- 6:00 p.m

Catholic University of America

106 McGivney Hall

All Are Welcome