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75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Vatican is providing moral guidance on nuclear weapons

  • Written by Drew Christiansen, Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Human Development, Georgetown University
75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Vatican is providing moral guidance on nuclear weaponsPope Francis observes a minute of silence for the victims of Hiroshima at the city's Peace Memorial Park.Carl Court/Getty Images

Ahead of the 75th anniversary year of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Pope Francis visited both cities.

At a solemn event at the Hiroshima Peace Park in November 2019, Francis declared the use of atomic...

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