Catholic leaders, including San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy, and leading scientists across the country called today on President Biden to work for a world free of the nuclear threat.

Bishop McElroy was recently appointed to the board that oversees the Vatican Dicastery promoting Integral Human Development.

In 2017, he was a panelist on a Vatican symposium on nuclear disarmament with former US Secretary of State George Schultz (R) and former Senate Armed Services Chairman Sam Nunn (D-GA).

Read the joint statement issued on May 12 by the Union of Concerned Scientists:

The above comes from a May 13 story in the Southern Cross.