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...
Wuhan: Cherry blossom reminds us that life is fragile

Wuhan: Cherry blossom reminds us that life is fragile

A catholic in Wuhan writes for ICN about the situation in the city at the centre of the Covid-19 Coronovirus infection. In September 1996, at the parish church in Hiratsuka, Japan, I met Kintaro Koura-san for the first time. At that time he was 79 years of age, a fit...