Hundreds gathered at Seattle’s Green Lake Wednesday evening to honor the more than 200,000 victims of the United States’ ...

On Aug. 6 – the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord – Cardinal Cupich presided over a Mass for peace in Hiroshima, where ...

Eighty years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, survivors recount their harrowing experiences in a stark reminder of the horrors of nuclear war and the urgent need to preserve peace.

In a talk in Hiroshima, Japan, as part of a Pilgrimage of Peace coinciding with the 80 th anniversaries of the United States ...

SEATTLE — Eighty years after the United States dropped the atomic bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, killing 140,000 ...

A solemn reflection on history took place in Japan as a memorial ceremony marked the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Fifty-five thousand people, including ...

With the number of survivors rapidly declining and their average age now exceeding 86, the anniversary is considered the last ...

The Japanese city, on which America dropped the first atomic bomb near the end of World War II, is commemorating the ...

Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging ...

In the absence of special events, the plane that bombed Hiroshima will quietly remain on display at the National Air & Space ...

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in Japan's surrender, ending World War II and ushering in the Atomic Age.