PLEASE TELL US YOUR THOUGHTS/ACTIONS
ON Abolishing NUCLEAR Weapons

A survey by the Pax Christi New England Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (PCAN), in collaboration with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (DPIHD)

 
Please fill out this survey and submit by April 30, 2025 (survey opportunity window extended!). It will take about 5-20 minutes to complete the survey. Required questions are marked with an asterisk. *
 
  • This survey is for everyone! Please fill it out whether or not you have focused on this issue recently.
  • If you encounter a delay and don’t return to the form within one hour, we’ll send you an email reminder (with link) to finish.
  • The results will go to DPIHD, the Vatican Dicastery that has the task of promoting the human person and the God-given dignity of all, together with human rights, health, justice and peace, which includes nuclear and conventional disarmament.
  • The results of the survey will be shared with DPIHD and others, but no personal information will be disclosed.

Questions about the survey? Contact us at PCANsurvey@gmail.com

Pax Christi New England Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (PCAN)

Survey 2025

Survey Results are In for the Pax Christi New England Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons 2025

The Pax Christi New England Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (PCAN) is pleased to announce that the results of the survey we conducted earlier this year have been processed and the final report is now available. Thanks to all who participated! Every response was counted, read, and appreciated, even if we couldn’t include all open-ended responses in our report.

PCAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS SURVEY 2025: REPORT

We hope our respondents and many others will carefully review its full contents, especially the impressive documentation provided by the 40% of our 900+ respondents who have already worked for the global abolition of nuclear weapons, often over many years (Addendum A).

We hope our survey respondents and many others will join us in working together for a world without nuclear weapons during and beyond this 80th anniversary year of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

In Peace,
The PCAN Survey Team

About the Pax Christi New England Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (PCAN):

Our group formed in 2023 and produced the January 27, 2024, virtual forum Building a World Without Nuclear Weapons: An Urgent Imperative. The forum drew more than 900 live participants and the recording has been viewed more than 1,200 times on YouTube.

PCAN’s goals are to:
  • amplify Pope Francis’ teachings on the abolition of nuclear weapons
  • build upon Archbishop John C. Wester’s groundbreaking 2022 pastoral letter, Living in the Light of Christ’s Peace: A Conversation Toward Nuclear Disarmament
  • help advocates to promote these teachings among Catholic hierarchy, laity, and beyond
  • call upon the Catholic population to ask their government leaders to take action to abolish nuclear weapons
  • work with other Catholic organizations to publicize the dangers of nuclear weapons and our moral obligation to abolish them
  • increase momentum to achieve a world without nuclear weapons by 2030

We are honored that the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Human Integral Development has accepted our offer to collect and share North Americans’ thoughts, feelings, prayers, actions and hopes surrounding the reality and threat of nuclear weapons.

With your help, we have gathered many responses to our survey, which recently concluded.

PCAN hopes this information sharing can move us closer to the global elimination of such weapons.

Our collection phase is complete, and we are excited to enter the phase when we compile, read and analyze the rich, thoughtful messages shared.

In the meantime, we offer the following resources to expand and focus your knowledge on nuclear weapons:

In peace,
PCAN

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