Nagasaki Archives

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

Japanese archbishop urges U.S. to witness the Gospel of peace

Jul 19, 2020

As the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of two Japanese cities approaches, the president of the county’s Catholic bishops’ conference called on the United States “as a Christian nation” to witness the Gospel of peace as lived by Jesus.

By Dennis Sadowski

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

Son of Marine photographer meets pope in Japan

Nov 24, 2019

The son of the U.S. Marine photographer who filmed a boy carrying his dead brother in the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki has shaken hands with Pope Francis.

By Associated Press

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

Rich in dramatic Catholic history, Nagasaki awaits the pope

Nov 19, 2019

It’s fitting that Pope Francis will start his first official visit to Japan in Nagasaki, the city where Christianity first took hold in the country and where nearly 500 years later it remains steeped in blood-soaked symbolism, both religious and political.

By Mari Yamaguchi

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