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In Hiroshima on anniversary of atomic bombing there, Cardinal McElroy highlights ‘new moment’ for renewing Catholic teaching on war and peace
In a talk in Hiroshima, Japan, as part of a Pilgrimage of Peace coinciding with the 80 th anniversaries of the United States ...
Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima: What's changed?
TOKYO -- The atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later brought a scale of destruction the ...
Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing as aging survivors worry about growing nuke threat
Many aging Hiroshima survivors express frustration over growing global support for nuclear weapons as deterrence.
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Bishops in Japan say atomic bombings a call to destroy nuclear arms, commit to peace
On Aug. 6 – the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord – Cardinal Cupich presided over a Mass for peace in Hiroshima, where ...
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Hiroshima at 80: As Japan’s commitment to nuclear abolition wanes, activists dig in
As the nonproliferation movement enters a tenuous new era, Japan’s firsthand experience with nuclear warfare is crucial in ...
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Japan: Passing on the pain of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japan on Wednesday marks 80 years since the US dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima during the last days of World ...
Sobering simulation shows true devastation of Hiroshima atomic bomb 80 years on from tragedy
A Hiroshima atomic bomb simulation shows the extent of the damage done to the city 80 years ago when the Little Boy bomb was ...
As time silences Hiroshima, Nagasaki survivors, race is on to preserve their stories
Hundreds of people who lived through the atomic bombings 80 years ago, who many view as the only true nuclear experts, ...