Building a Better Peace. (cover story)

RECONCILIATION in religion; NUCLEAR disarmament; DISARMAMENT; CHURCH & international relations; CHURCH & the world; NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations; RUSSIA-United States relations; TREATY on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968); CATHOLIC Church; RELIGION

The article discusses a Roman Catholic approach to peace-building in relation to nuclear Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration/Reconciliation (D.D.R.). Topics include U.S. relations with Russia in relation to the Cold War, the relation of the Catholic Church to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (N.P.T.), and the involvement of nongovernmental organizations (N.G.O.s) in peace-building.