Bishop Takami recounts the aftermath of the atomic bombing vaticannews.va
75 years ago today, devastation hit Nagasaki in the form of an atom bomb. Catholics too are commemorating this anniversary and are telling their story.
The world is remembering what happened in Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and Nagasaki on 9 August that same year.
On 3 August Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs posted a pre-recorded webcast entitled “Catholics Commemorate 75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”
The current Bishop of Nagasaki and President of the Japanese Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Mitsuaki Takami, contributed to the webcast. He explains the consequences the people suffered on the 6th and 9th August, and on the days, months and years that followed.
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