Autonomous Weapons: Landmines and Drones

Pope's Prayer Intention – Artificial Intelligence
Pope Francis, November 5, 2020

Fratelli Tutti
Pope Francis, October 3, 2020

Article – Contributions from the Catholic Church to Ethical Reflections in the Digital Era
Members of the Pontifical Academy for Life & Working Group on Roboethics of the Pontifical Academy for Life, May 11, 2020

Rome Call for AI Ethics
Pontifical Academy for Life, February 28, 2020

Conclusive Remarks at the Seminar on the Common Good in the Digital Age
Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, September 26-28, 2019

Ethical Reflections on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems and Augmented Soldiers – with a selection of documents from the Holy See’s engagement on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
Caritas in Veritate Foundation, November 2017

Backgrounder on Armed Drones
January 2014

Backgrounder on Arms Control
February 2008

Backgrounder on Nuclear Arms and Landmines
February 2007

Backgrounder on Nuclear Arms and Landmines
February 2006

Backgrounder on Nuclear Arms and Landmines
April 2006

Sowing Weapons of War: A Pastoral Reflection on the Arms Trade and Landmines
National Conference of Catholic Bishops, June 16, 1995

Landmines Video List

Statement on Cluster Munitions to Ukraine
Bishop David J. Malloy, July 14, 2023

Statement at the 2021 Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons Regarding Possible Options for Addressing the Humanitarian and International Security Challenges
Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, August 5, 2021

Statement at the 2021 Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons Regarding Characterization of the Systems under Consideration 
Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, August 4, 2021

Statement at the 2021 Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons Regarding Exploration of the Potential Challenges to International Humanitarian Law
Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, August 3, 2021

Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Seventy-Fifth Meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations
Pope Francis, September 25, 2020

Letter to National Security Advisor O'Brien Regarding Landmines
Bishop David J. Malloy, March 2, 2020

Statement at the 2019 Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, March 26, 2019

Statement at the 2018 Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, August 27, 2018

Statement at the 2018 Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, April 9, 2018

Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum on the Occasion of the Annual Gathering in Davos-Klosters 
Pope Francis, January 23-26, 2018

Statement at the 2017 Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, November 13, 2017

Statement at the Informal Expert Meeting on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, April 11, 2016

Letter to National Security Advisor Rice on Framework for Policy on the Use of Armed Drones
Bishop Oscar Cantú, May 11, 2015

Letter to National Security Advisor Rice Regarding Mine Ban Treaty
Bishop Richard E. Pates, February 12, 2014

Statement at the Annual Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects
Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organization in Geneva, November 14, 2013

Letters to National Security Advisor Donilon and to Congress on the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Targeted Killings
Bishop Richard E. Pates, May 17, 2013

Letter to President Obama Reiterating Call for U.S. to Join Mine Ban Treaty
National Organizations, April 4, 2012

Letter to National Security Advisor Donilon Supporting the Mine Ban Treaty
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, October 28, 2010

Action Alert: Urge President Obama and Senate to Join the Mine Ban Treaty!
June 11, 2010

Letters to Secretary of State Clinton and Secretary of Defense Gates Supporting Mine Ban Treaty
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, May 18, 2010

Letter to President Obama Urging the U.S. to Join the Mine Ban Treaty
National Organizations, March 22, 2010

Letter to President Obama Calling for Review of Policy on Cluster Munitions and Landmines
National Organizations, February 10, 2009

Letter to Secretary of State Rice Supporting Convention on Cluster Munitions
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, November 21, 2008

Faith Leaders' Appeal for an International Treaty to Ban Cluster Munitions
April 17, 2008

Letters to Congress on Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2007
Bishop Thomas Wenski, May 1, 2007

Letter to U.S. Senate on the Victim-Activated Landmine Abolition Act
Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, September 5, 2006

Letter to Congress in Support of Alternatives to Landmines Language in Department of Defense Appropriations Bill
Bishop John H. Ricard, October 31, 2005

Statement on New U.S. Policy on Landmines
Bishop John H. Ricard, March 1, 2004

Letters to Secretary of State Powell and Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld on U.S. Landmines Policy
Bernard Cardinal Law, August 9, 2001

Letter to National Security Advisor Berger on Anti-personnel Landmines
May 26,1998

Launching the Catholic Campaign to Ban Landmines
Bishop James W. Malone, June 12, 1997

Sowing Weapons of War: A Pastoral Reflection on the Arms Trade and Landmines
National Conference of Catholic Bishops, June 16, 1995