Hiroshima

Pope Francis is planning to change official Catholic Church teaching to declare the use and possession of atomic weapons as immoral, to make clear that his rejection of the Cold War-era doctrine of deterrence is official church policy. Francis had declared t…

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) Pope Francis is planning to change official Catholic Church teaching to declare the use and possession of atomic weapons as immoral, a move that makes clear that his rejection of the Cold War-era doctrine of deterrence is to be off…

A POTENTIALLY deadly asteroid has ten chances to collide with Earth over the next 84 years, according to Nasa. The space rock Apophis is taller than the Empire State Building and could wipe out millions if it careens into our planet. It's being tracked by N…

Nagasaki, a port city that first had contact with European explorers in the 1500s, is the center of Catholic life in Japan, although the observant population in the country has fallen to just over 450,000, a tiny minority in a nation of 126 million people. Th…

In a somber visit to Hiroshima and Nagasaki Sunday, Pope Francis condemned nuclear weapons as “immoral” and called for a world without them. “The use of atomic energy for purposes of war is immoral — as is the possession of atomic weapons,” he said at the pe…

TOKYO - Pope Francis will meet survivors of Japan's 2011 "triple disaster" -- earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear meltdown -- on the penultimate day of his long-cherished trip to Japan Monday. After an emotional day comforting survivors of atomic bombs…

Nagasaki: Pope Francis railed against the use of nuclear weapons and the growing arms trade on Sunday as he paid tribute to the "unspeakable horror" suffered by victims of the Nagasaki atomic bomb. In a highly symbolic visit to the Japanese city devastated b…

Rain didn't deter Pope Francis' faithful lining up before dawn to catch a glimpse of him on Sunday (November 24). Speaking at Nagasaki's Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park, ground zero of the bomb drop during WW2 that killed 27,000 people, the Pontiff sent a strong…

The use of atomic energy for purposes of war is immoral, the pope declared during a nighttime prayer at Hiroshimas peace memorial. He added off-the-cuff, As is the possession of atomic weapons. We will be judged for this, he warned. Francis visited Hirosh…

Hiroshima, Japan, Nov 24, 2019 / 05:30 am (CNA).- Pope Francis prayed for peace Sunday at the site of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, where he called for an end to war and the threat of nuclear weapons. How can we propose peace if we constantly invoke the thre…