US EditionPope Calls for Nuclear Disarmament, Real Commitment to Peace
JAPAN, AUG 5 – Pope Leo XIV condemned nuclear weapons and urged global disarmament, highlighting survivors' stories and the deaths of over 150,000 people, as a call for lasting peace.
- On August 6, 2025, Pope Leo XIV delivered a message urging nuclear disarmament and enduring peace as people worldwide commemorated 80 years since the U.S. nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- The message followed the history of the bombings by US forces in 1945, which killed over 150,000 mostly civilian people and left both cities devastated.
- Pope Leo highlighted that survivors and the cities still bear scars that plead for peace and disarmament while criticizing the illusion of security from nuclear deterrence.
- He expressed hope that the anniversary would encourage global leaders and nations to recommit to achieving lasting peace characterized by disarmament, justice, fraternity, and the common good.
- Delegates from over a hundred nations, among them the United States, participated in a ceremony in Hiroshima where the pope called for dialogue to replace nuclear threats and expressed deep respect for the survivors known as hibakusha.
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Pope Calls for Nuclear Disarmament, Real Commitment to Peace
A visitor prays after offering flowers in front of the cenotaph ahead of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial park on August 05, 2025 in Hiroshima, Japan. (Photo: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images) by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The scars still borne by survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and still visible on the cities’ streets and buildings are a plea to purs…
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CDE NewsPope Leo criticises nuclear deterrence on 80th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing
VATICAN CITY - Pope Leo on Wednesday criticised the \"illusory security\" of the global nuclear deterrence system, in an appeal on the 80th anniversary of the United States dropping an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima at the end of the Second World War. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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