WCC statement on Hiroshima & Nagasaki anniversary

Hiroshima

We cannot live with such dangers.

Each August 6 and 9 since 1945 there is a profound moment of sorrow and reason for hope when the world remembers the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 66 years ago during World War II.

This year Rev Dr Olav Fkyse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, remembers this tragedy as one that can never be repeated. "For as long as nuclear weapons exist, each year brings us new reasons to build a world where such a tragedy can never happen again," Tveit said in a statement released today.

To read the full statement click here: www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=b7fd069ae1efb4993e1d

See also: World remembers Hiroshima and Nagasaki www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=18722