“May there be peace!”

“May there be peace!”

Columban missionary Fr Barry Cairns marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan and one Catholic’s campaign for peace and reconciliation. It is 80 years since atomic bombs struck Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On 6th August 1945 at 8:15am the first of these...
Heed the call of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Heed the call of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Columban Fr Jim Mulroney writes about the scourge of nuclear weapons as Japan marks the anniversary of the horrific bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At 8:15 am on August 6, the city of Hiroshima observed a minute’s silence for those who died and those who have born...