Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Local Draft Boards, Letters to" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1962/May/21 (#01)

Series:    

Type:  TL - Typed letter (not signed).

To/From:  from Merton to "Local Draft Boards, Letters to"-->

# of pages:  2

Published in:  Road to Joy

First Lines:  "I have been asked by Mr James A. Kennedy to offer a statement that objection to nuclear war,"

Contents:  Kennedy - member of Pax, an international Catholic peace movement / Merton declares that conscientious objection can be held by a Catholic in regard to nuclear war and other wars given present weapons technology / just war for self defense possible, but unlikely today / statements by Pope Pius XII and John XXIII

Language:  English

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Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Local Draft Boards, Letters to:"    1962/May/21 (#01)