In a sermon delivered by Cardinal Keith O’Brien at St Thomas’s Mount National Shrine in Chennai, India (formerly Madras) yesterday (28 January 2007) the Cardinal restated his call to the British government "to abandon its plans to replace the Trident missile and to work rapidly towards the eradication of its entire nuclear arsenal."

Cardinal O'Brien is on a 10 day SCIAF (Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund) trip to India, his visit to Chennai includes a trip to a Post Tsunami rehabilitation programme assisted by SCIAF

The full text of the Cardinal's homily is shown below.

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Homily, St Thomas Mount, Chennai, India - 28 January 2007