Witness to history: Pope’s rejection of nukes a milestone, says ex-Senator

Last week’s papal speech is a reversal of a 35-year policy, which in the arcane world of Vatican diplomacy is not easy to do.

Former Independent Senator Douglas Roche with Pope Francis at the Vatican conference on nuclear disarmament last week. Servizio Fotografico-L'Osservatore Romano photograph

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

November 15, 2017

VATICAN CITY—A new milestone in the moral rejection of nuclear weapons was reached at the Vatican last week when Pope Francis “firmly condemned” “their very possession.” The strong language the Pope used in speaking out against the “mentality of fear” and “false sense of security”...

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