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| azzuri |
Cardinal to sign Trident petitionsee - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4768233.stmCardinal to sign Trident petition Cardinal Keith O'Brien is to be the first signatory to a petition calling on the UK Government not to replace the Trident nuclear weapons system. Scotland's most senior Roman Catholic is expected to sign the petition at Holyrood on Monday. The petition will also call for money for Trident's replacement to be diverted towards aid and development. MSPs and representatives from other churches, including the Church of Scotland, will also attend. The Commons defence committee is examining whether the UK should replace Trident, which is expected to be obsolete by 2020. Cardinal O'Brien, who is also Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, is a long-standing campaigner against Trident. He called on the government to replace the weapons system with projects that "bring life to the poor". The cardinal said: "I welcome the prime minister's recent comments that there should be the 'fullest possible' choice debate on the Trident nuclear missile system. "The Catholic Church has clear and consistent teaching on nuclear weapons. "The use of weapons of mass destruction would be a crime against God and against humanity that must never happen." Morag Mylne, convener of the Church of Scotland's Church and Society Council, described the weapons system as "morally repugnant". She said: "There are certain issues which unite the churches in Scotland. One of these is our revulsion at the continued presence of weapons of mass destruction. "Later this month, the General Assembly will be asked to oppose any move by the UK Government to replace Trident with a new generation of nuclear weapons, and to affirm our belief that any system of weapons designed to destroy whole cities has to be considered morally repugnant and an evil in the world." |
| Aventinian |
Considering it was within his church that the idea of 'just war' arose, I hardly think he has any right to be lecturing the government. |
| azzuri |
Oh come on Aventinian, that's like saying Germans or the German government can't speak out against or condemn terrorist attacks on Israel.
Very un-Libertarian I must say... |