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U.S archbishops lead ‘pilgrimage of peace’ to Japan, call for nuclear disarmament

July 20, 2023January 21, 2026

By GINA CHRISTIAN OSV News – Two U.S. archbishops are leading a "Pilgrimage of Peace" to Japan, hoping to promote global nuclear disarmament.Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Archbishop Paul D. Etienne of Seattle are traveling July 31 – Aug. 12 to Japan's cities of Tokyo, Akita, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.Joining…...