Bishop Declan Lang - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:27:08 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Bishop Declan Lang - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Church leaders condemn increase in nuclear warheads https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/03/29/church-leaders-condemn-increase-in-nuclear-warheads/ Mon, 29 Mar 2021 06:53:54 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=135058 Church leaders across seven denominations have issued a statement criticising the UK Government's integrated review of foreign and defence policies which proposes to increase the UK's nuclear warheads from 196 to 260. They described this as "a retrograde step that will not make any of us safer" adding: "It is immoral that the UK government Read more

Church leaders condemn increase in nuclear warheads... Read more]]> Church leaders across seven denominations have issued a statement criticising the UK Government's integrated review of foreign and defence policies which proposes to increase the UK's nuclear warheads from 196 to 260.

They described this as "a retrograde step that will not make any of us safer" adding: "It is immoral that the UK government is committing resources, which could be spent on the common good of our society, to stockpiling even more weapons."

The international affairs department of the Catholic Bishops' Conference lent support, namely the chairman, Bishop Declan Lang of Clifton and Bishop William Kenney, auxiliary in Birmingham and the lead bishop on peace and disarmament issues.

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