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Weapons must be set aside for peace to flourish, pope says

Aug 10, 2020

For peace to flourish, weapons of war must be set aside, especially nuclear weapons that can obliterate entire cities and countries, Pope Francis said on the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.

By Carol Glatz

Bishops renew nuclear disarmament call as 1945 bombing anniversary nears

Jul 13, 2020

Members of a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee renewed a long-standing call for nuclear disarmament as the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of two Japanese cities neared.

By Catholic News Service

Pope in Japan condemns those who invoke peace, but keep nuclear arms

Nov 24, 2019

Pope Francis visited Nagasaki and Hiroshima on Sunday during his apostolic visit to Japan.

By Inés San Martín

Pope calls money spent on nukes ‘an affront crying out to heaven’

Nov 24, 2019

“The arms race wastes precious resources that could be better used to benefit the integral development of peoples and to protect the natural environment,” Pope Francis said Sunday.

By Inés San Martín

Nuclear disarmament to be focus of Pope’s visit to Japan

Nov 23, 2019

Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Three cities in three days is the schedule for Pope Francis’s Nov. 23-26 visit to Japan, a land to which he dreamed of being a missionary when he was a young seminarian studying to become a Jesuit priest in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

By Inés San Martín

Nuclear weapons, interfaith ties top agenda for pope in Asia

Oct 2, 2019

Pope Francis will voice his opposition to nuclear weapons and honor victims of Japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster during a visit to the country that is expected to be a highlight of his upcoming trip to Asia.

By Associated Press

Pope heads to Asia seeking dialogue, peace and ecological solidarity

Sep 14, 2019

For experts and locals on the ground, Pope Francis’s upcoming visit to Thailand and Japan will not only highlight the Vatican’s strong ties with interreligious communities in each country, but it will also help the pope cement alliances in advancing his ecological agenda and his message of peace.

By Elise Harris

Pope Francis to visit Thailand, Japan in November

Sep 13, 2019

Pope Francis will visit Thailand and Japan in November in a visit expected to highlight his call for complete nuclear disarmament and honor the small Catholic communities in each country.

By Nannapat Purod