Posts Tagged ‘mass destruction’

Vatican calls for wider definition of weapons of mass destruction

Friday, August 26th, 2016

The Vatican has called on the international community to expand the definition of a ‘weapon of mass destruction’ to include “devastatingly powerful conventional weapons used to perpetrate war crimes and crimes against humanity.” “Conventional weapons are becoming less and less ‘conventional’ as technological advances elevate their power to destroy to the level of weapons of Read more

UK priest denies criminal damage charges after peace protest

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014

An English priest has appeared in court after he wrote a peace slogan on a Ministry of Defence wall in London on Ash Wednesday. Fr Martin Newell said he was trying to prevent “mass destruction”. The Passionist has denied charges of criminal damage, saying his message was later washed off. His trial will be in Read more