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Shinto priests bow to the altar during an interfaith service at the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 2023, to commemorate those who died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima Aug. 6, 1945. OSV News photo/Northwest Catholic (Northwest Catholic)

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US group marks 1945 atomic bombings, urges abolishing nuclear weapons

August 9, 2023January 21, 2026

By NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIROSHIMA, Japan OSV News – On the 78th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Archbishop Paul D. Etienne of Seattle and Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the Pilgrimage of Peace delegation from their archdioceses participated in an interfaith prayer ceremony and a peace memorial ceremony."It…...

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