U.S. Catholic bishops issue call on 75th anniversary of Hiroshima aleteia.org

The Catholic bishops’ conference of the United States have called on world leaders to continue in their efforts to abolish all weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear arms.
They issued the call as the world prepares to mark the 75th anniversary of the first use of an atomic weapon by one nation against another.

“This week we are observing the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9, 1945,” said Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). “My brother bishops and I mourn with the Japanese people for the innocent lives that were taken and the generations that have continued to suffer the public health and environmental consequences of these tragic attacks…

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