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NAGASAKI, Japan -- While the world knows Nagasaki as the site of a U.S. atomic bomb blast, for the Catholic Church it is also the site of one of the fiercest campaigns of anti-Christian persecution.

]]> cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) Reflections Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:27:40 -0500 Drama, tears washed away at rededicated Toronto peace garden /item/22384-drama-tears-washed-away-at-rededicated-toronto-peace-garden /item/22384-drama-tears-washed-away-at-rededicated-toronto-peace-garden

TORONTO – The war over TorontoƵapp peace garden ended in sunshine, spring flowers and paper cranes from Hiroshima.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada: Toronto-GTA Wed, 25 May 2016 08:00:00 -0400 Pope Francis on the anniversary of the bomb: ‘A lasting warning to humanity’ /home/international/item/20697-pope-francis-on-the-anniversary-of-the-bomb-a-lasting-warning-to-humanity /home/international/item/20697-pope-francis-on-the-anniversary-of-the-bomb-a-lasting-warning-to-humanity

VATICAN CITY - Seventy years after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, Pope Francis on Aug. 9 described the bomb as a “lasting warning to humanity.”

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