Faith leaders laud Korean nuke shutdown: The value of diplomacy
An interfaith coalition of religious leaders is congratulating the Bush administration for reaching an agreement with North Korea to shut down its nuclear weapons facilities. “The agreement with North Korea demonstrates the value of diplomacy in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons,” the leaders said in a statement July 17.
The signatories included Episcopal Church presiding bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, Sayyid M. Syeed, national director of the Islamic Society of North America, and Clifton Kirkpatrick, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).