Members of Pax Christi, the international Catholic movement for peace, were among hundreds who gathered to take part in a vigil as MPs debated the renewal of the Trident programme in Parliament yesterday.
Catholics, Quakers, Anglicans and Buddhists hosted the two-hour vigil to send the Government a clear anti-nuclear weapons message.
Pat Gaffney of Pax Christi spoke on behalf to the religious groups gathered at the vigil. She said that thousands had prayed for the government to have the wisdom to vote against the renewal of Trident. Gaffney also claimed it was an act of “faithlessness” to claim weapons of mass destruction would protect the country.
