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EPISODE · Apr 24, 2026 · 6 MIN

He shaped the Catholic Church's stance on nuclear weapons in the '80s. What he makes of this moment

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Father J. Bryan Hehir, a top official in the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, articulated a global off-ramp from nuclear apocalypse in his 1983 letter with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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Father J. Bryan Hehir, a top official in the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, articulated a global off-ramp from nuclear apocalypse in his 1983 letter with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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