On June 23, fifteen bishops joined hundreds of people, including priests, nuns, and others from various walks of life, marking the 80th year after the war in the Battle of Okinawa, Japan.
On the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (CBCJ) issued a powerful declaration reaffirming their unwavering commitment to the abolition of nuclear weapons.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (CBCJ) expressed their joy with the acquittal of Iwao Hakamada, an 88-year-old Japanese man who spent the last 46 years on death row.