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Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, center, and other U.S. prelates attend a peace event hosted Aug. 5, 2025, by the Diocese of Hiroshima, Japan, where atomic bombing survivors were honored. The U.S. prelates pictured with the cardinal, from left to right, are Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago and Archbishop Paul D. Etienne of Seattle. (OSV News photo/Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard)

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Bishops in Japan: Atomic bombings a call to destroy nuclear arms, commit to peace

Gina Christian|Aug 6, 2025|7 Min Read

A holy card depicts Dr. Takashi Nagai, right, and his wife, Midori Moriyama, who was among those killed by the atomic bomb the United States dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945. Nagai, a convert to Catholicism, became a well-known advocate for peace and forgiveness until his death in 1951. (OSV News/Catholic Standard)

Catholics asked to fund new bell for Japanese cathedral ravaged by atomic bombing

Mark Zimmermann|Dec 13, 2024|7 Min Read

A wooden statue of Our Lady of Akita is seen in this undated photo. On July 6, 1973, Sister Agnes Sasagawa of the Handmaids of the Eucharist in Akita, Japan, reported receiving messages from a wooden statue of Mary and witnessed the statue weeping many times. (OSV News photo/SICDAMNOME, via Wikipedia)

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Japanese nun who saw Our Lady of Akita visions dies at 93

Jonah McKeown|Aug 18, 2024|6 Min Read

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U.S archbishops lead 'pilgrimage of peace' to Japan, call for nuclear disarmament

Gina Christian|Jul 19, 2023|3 Min Read

Mourners pray for the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the headquarters of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo July 12, 2022. Archbishop Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo strongly condemned the July 8 assassination of Abe, and deplored violence as a means of solving political differences. (CNS photo/Kim Kyung-Hoon, Reuters)

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Japanese archbishop condemns Abe assassination, deplores violence

Catholic News Service|Jul 12, 2022|3 Min Read

A man wearing a protective mask walks past the Olympic Rings in Tokyo June 27, 2021, ahead of the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games, postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Fabrizio Bensch, Reuters)

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Olympic athletes to be barred from Tokyo churches due to COVID

Inés San Martín|Jul 13, 2021|4 Min Read

A radiation hotspot in Kashiwa, a city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, in February 2012. (Abasaa/Wikimedia, Public Domain via CNA)

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Japan's Catholic bishops mark 10th anniversary of Fukushima nuclear disaster

Catholic News Agency|Mar 11, 2021|3 Min Read

The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan. (Oilstreet/Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5 via CNA)

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Catholic bishops of Hiroshima and Nagasaki hail nuclear weapons ban treaty

Courtney Mares|Jan 22, 2021|3 Min Read

A girl prays after releasing a paper lantern on the Motoyasu River facing the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan, Aug 6, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the U.S. dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. (CNS photo/Yuriko Nakao, Reuters)

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

Carol Glatz|Aug 6, 2020|2 Min Read

In this 2018 file photo, peace activists hold a Catholic prayer service of repentance near the White House for the use of nuclear weapons on Japan during World War II. Bishops from Japan and the U.S. explored Catholic efforts to end the danger of nuclear weapons during an Aug. 3, 2020, webinar commemorating the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bomb drop on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

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Bishops from Japan, U.S. call Catholics to work for nuclear disarmament

Dennis Sadowski|Aug 3, 2020|5 Min Read

The Atomic Bomb Dome is seen in Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 2019. (CNS photo/Kyodo via Reuters)

Bishops renew nuclear disarmament call as 1945 bombing anniversary nears

Catholic News Service|Jul 13, 2020|2 Min Read

Pope Francis speaks during a news conference onboard the papal plane on his flight back from a trip to Thailand and Japan, Monday, Nov. 26, 2019. (Remo Casilli/Pool Photo/AP via Crux)

Pope says financial reforms are working, wants anti-nuke stance in catechism

Inés San Martín|Nov 26, 2019|7 Min Read

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