The priests who survived the atomic bomb
This Friday, August 6, will see the Feast of the Transfiguration celebrated in the Church. It commemorates the occasion when Christ, accompanied by Peter, James, and John, went up a high mountain –...
View ArticleIs the concept of just war still valid?
TS Eliot wrote that April is the cruellest month. For the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including those who survived the atomic bomb, August is crueller. Looking at the faces of elderly Japanese...
View ArticleHanwell man visits Hiroshima
John Collins, a resident of Hanwell in west london, joined the Knights of St Columba in 1968 and is still an active member of both Our Lady and St Joseph’s parish church, writes Peter Oliver. Mr...
View ArticleAt Hiroshima’s 70th anniversary US bishop appeals for world without nuclear...
For a long minute on a sunny morning, silence fell over the memorial park that commemorates the atomic bombing of the city in August 6, 1945. A gong sounded repeatedly as local residents and visitors...
View ArticlePope Francis: ‘Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings are a lasting warning to...
The atomic bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki serve as “a lasting warning to humanity”, Pope Francis has said on the 70th anniversary of the bombings. “Seventy years ago, on...
View ArticleUS bishop ‘a changed man’ after listening to Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors
A US bishop who visited Japan for the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki said he is a changed man after coming face-to-face with survivors of the US bombs. “Anybody can talk...
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