Reaching the Chaplain that Blessed the Bomb
by Jim Hewes Fr. Charlie McCarthy [Emanuel Charles McCarthy] once told me about a conference he was to give to the priests of the Diocese of Detroit. The Cardinal sent a letter asking all of his 800 priests to come to Charlie’s presentation. When he got there, only 8 had come. Yet Charlie gave…
Orphans of Hiroshima
by Sarah Terzo On August 6, 1945, the United States military dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. This one of a series on Hiroshima orphans. The rest of the series can be found on my Substack. The stories in this article are from Dr. Arata Osada’s Children of Hiroshima, which was published in Japan…
Advocating for Peace and Recognition: The Overlooked Korean Victims of the Atomic Bombings
by John Whitehead The United States’ atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are among the most infamous acts of violence in history. The bombings of Japan have been a subject of remembrance, analysis, and debate for over 80 years. Nevertheless, even such well-known events have aspects that many people remain unaware of. One aspect of…