For decades, the Vatican, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and countless peace advocates from all over the world have worked for a world without nuclear weapons.

Jean Sammnon, Field Coordinator for the National Catholic Social Justice Lobby “Network” has sent us this message:

A new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) was signed by President Obama and Russian President Medvedev on April 8, 2010. The treaty calls for reducing the number of U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, and includes methods to verify these reductions.

The treaty must now be ratified by the Senate. A vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is expected next week. Then the full Senate will need 67 votes to ratify the treaty.

Please let your senators know that you support ratification of New START as a necessary step towards a world without nuclear weapons.

You can find more information about New START here and how to contact your senators at:
http://networklobby.org/nep/New-START

The Senate will vote on the ratification of this treaty soon. Join the USCCB, former Sec. of State Henry Kissinger, former Sec. of State George Schultz, former Sec. of Defense William Perry, former Sec. of State James Baker and Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, and leading foreign relations experts – Democrats and Republicans – in supporting  this important step to a world free of  nuclear weapons.

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