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In a message on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, Pope Leo XIV urges the international community to renew its commitment to pursue lasting peace for our whole human family. By Vatican News “Nuclear arms offend our shared humanity and betray the dignity of creation, whose …

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jul 9, 2022 / 05:30 am Pope Francis expressed his condolences at the assassination of Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, who was shot on Friday while giving a speech in the city of Nara. “His Holiness Pope Francis was deeply saddened to …

by CNA Staff Vatican City, Jul 26, 2021 / 04:00 am Pope Francis offered his blessing on Sunday to athletes competing in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In his Angelus address on July 25, the pope noted that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad began in Japan on July 23. …

Press Release As part of St. Ignatius Loyola School’s cultural exchange program, 21 students and two chaperones from ShotoKu Gakuen, a school in Gifu City in Japan, stayed with St. Ignatius families for a week.