Voices Honors the Life of Pope Francis

Credit: Ashwin Vaswani

We honor and give thanks for the life of Pope Francis, a global spiritual leader whose moral courage and compassionate witness transcended the boundaries of any one tradition.

Among his many contributions to the cause of peace and human dignity, Pope Francis spoke with prophetic clarity about the grave danger nuclear weapons pose to all of life.

He didn’t limit his concern to the potential use of these weapons; he challenged the world to confront the very fact of their existence, which he called an intolerable shadow over our shared future.

By speaking out forcefully for their abolition, he also made it clear that such decisions about life and death are too sacred to be left solely to political or military leaders, and offered the world a powerful example of moral and spiritual leadership. His legacy calls us to continue the work of building a future free from the threat of mass destruction, and to do so together, in the spirit of our shared humanity and hope.