The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic attack that killed tens of thousands ...

Japan faces with growing urgency the question of how to carry forward the moral voice for ridding the world of nuclear ...

At the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings, Catholic peace groups gathered in Washington, DC, to remember the victims, ...

If Japan had not marched toward war, ordinary people would not have suffered immense hardship. Yet, adequate compensation has ...

Takashi Nagai was a medical doctor and atomic bomb survivor. But it was his radical conversion to Christ that started a new ...

Twelve-year old Sadae Kasaoka (birth name Hiraoka ), a first-year student at a girls’ high school, was at home with her grandmother on Aug. 6, 1945, enjoying a beautiful morning and doing housework ...

Members and supporters of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) gathered on the Millennium Bridge over the River Lune to ...

As the world reflects on the 80th anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, the connection between Nagasaki and Hanford remains significant.

For Archbishop Wester, the issue is close to home. Located within his archdiocese is the Los Alamos Laboratory, and he noted ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington likened the current moment to the era of profound reflection in Catholic circles after the Second World War that led to ...

This article contains descriptions of nuclear weapons effects, including disturbing accounts of the victims. On August 6, ...