Archbishop Dolan, Bishop Hubbard Voice Bishops’ Support for Ratification of Nuclear Arms Reduction TreatyWASHINGTON (November 30, 2010)—The new president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace have urged the United States Senate to ratify the New START Treaty. The treaty, signed by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on April 8, would reduce the nuclear arsenals of both countries by 30 percent.
“The Church’s concern for nuclear weapons grows out of its commitment to the sanctity of human life,” wrote Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany, New York, in a November 29 letter to the Senate. “Consistent with Catholic teaching, the Holy See and the U.S. bishops have long supported reducing the number of nuclear armaments, preventing their spread to other nations, and securing nuclear materials from terrorists. For decades they have promoted the twin and interrelated policy goals of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. We understand this is an ideal that will take years to reach, but it is a task which our nation must take up with renewed energy.”
Bishop Hubbard chairs the bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace....
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I would say that your analysis of Bishop Hubbard is right on.
ReplyDeleteIf you look at his Wikipedia page, you'd think there was nothing wrong.
Fortunately, the NYT has a page with 18 articles relating to Bishop Hubbard and his tenure since 1977 in Albany. Not a few of them accuse the bishop himself of improprieties.
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/h/howard_j_hubbard/index.html
Michael Rose has charges too:
http://www.rcf.org/docs/albany.htm