Nagasaki Archives

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.

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

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