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- Jan 22, 2020
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Open source: Vatican wartime archives ready for new batch of scholars
- Jan 19, 2020
After decades of anticipation, the Vatican archives are ready to welcome, starting March 2, scores of scholars wishing to study documents related to the wartime pontificate of Pope Pius XII.
Pope says parents cried over atom bombings
- Nov 25, 2019
Pope Francis has told Japanese Emperor Naruhito that he remembers seeing his parents cry over the news of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 74 years ago.
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.
Letters foster one young woman’s gratitude for veteran’s years of service
- Nov 11, 2019
A letter that touched one young woman’s life in ways she never expected is one she wrote six years ago when she was an eighth grader at St. Barnabas School in Indianapolis. It was a letter of thanks to a World War II hero for his service to his country.
Veteran says ‘Little Flower’ kept him alive during months of bombing runs
- Nov 10, 2019
One World War II veteran believes St. Therese kept him alive in the cockpit during six months of bombing runs that ended in 1944 when he reached the end of his tour of duty and returned to the United States.
Marking start of WWII, Polish, German bishops urge new peace efforts
- Sep 4, 2019
Catholic bishops from Poland and Germany have warned that peace and unity are still needed in Europe, 80 years after the start of World War II.
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