Last year for World Day of Peace Pope Francis distributed this photo of a Nagasaki survivor carrying his dead baby brother.
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Yesterday, at Hiroshima, he proclaimed that the possession of nuclear weapons, along with their use is immoral. vatican.va/content/france
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“Here, in an incandescent burst of lightning and fire, so many men and women, so many dreams and hopes, disappeared, leaving behind only shadows and silence. In barely an instant, everything was devoured by a black hole of destruction and death. ..
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“From that abyss of silence, we continue even today to hear the cries of those who are no longer...Yet all were united in the same fate, in a terrifying hour that left its mark forever not only on the history of this country, but on the face of humanity.”
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