‘Nuclear arms offend our shared humanity,’ Pope writes in message for 80th anniversary of atomic bombings
August 06, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Hiroshima and Nagasaki “remain living reminders of the profound horrors wrought by nuclear weapons,” Pope Leo XIV wrote in a message for the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings.
“True peace demands the courageous laying down of weapons—especially those with the power to cause an indescribable catastrophe,” Pope Leo continued. “Nuclear arms offend our shared humanity and also betray the dignity of creation, whose harmony we are called to safeguard.”
The papal message to Bishop Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, PSS, of Hiroshima was dated July 14 and released by the Vatican on August 5.
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