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Catholics commemorate Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Watch a webinar, live or recorded from Berkley Center at Georgetown On a visit to Nagasaki in November 2019, Pope Francis spoke forcefully on the abolition of nuclear weapons, saying “A world of peace, free from nuclear weapons, is the aspiration of millions of men and women everywhere. To make…
Pray, Study, Act on atom bomb anniversary
See a recent notice from the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns August 6 and 9 will mark the 75thanniversaries of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These anniversaries are an opportunity to mourn the devastation caused by nuclear weapons, celebrate the work that has been done to eliminate them, and recommit to…
U.S. Bishops issue statement on 75th Anniversary of U.S. Bombing of Hiroshima, Nagasaki
August 6 and 9 mark the 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the first, and one hopes the last, times that atomic weapons are employed in war. Since Pope St. John Paul II’s visit to Japan in 1981, each year the Catholic Church in Japan has observed…
John Carr: Faithful Citizenship in 2020
Follow along with John Carr’s presentation slides