Tag: Hiroshima

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki that took place on 6 and 9 August, 1945, the Catholic Church must renew its commitment to nonviolence, disarmament and lasting peace, said US prelates attending commemoration events in Japan.

Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a small Franciscan monastery in Nagasaki still stands as a quiet witness to peace.

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan amid renewed nuclear threats in current conflicts, several US Catholic bishops will travel to Japan on a "Pilgrimage of Peace."

Archbishop John C Wester of Santa Fe has travelled to Japan on a "pilgrimage of peace" commemorating the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, during World War II.

I didn’t live through the Second World War. I don’t know what it was like. I can’t even begin to imagine the gravity involved...