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Seventy years after nuclear fireballs exploded over two Japanese cities, an ecumenical group of pilgrims has come to Hiroshima to listen to those who survived and renew the struggle against their own countries’ continued reliance on nuclear weapons.

„Es ist höchste Zeit, dass wir die Politik des Festhaltens an Atomwaffen nicht länger unterstützen. Wir müssen eine Politik ablehnen, die die Massenvernichtung anderer Menschen als legitime Form des Selbstschutzes ansieht“, sagte Bischöfin Mary Ann Swenson während eines anglikanisch-katholischen Friedensgottesdienstes in der katholischen Friedenskirche in Horshima, Japan, am 5. August.

“It is time to abandon all support for retaining nuclear weapons. It is time to refuse to accept that the mass destruction of other people can be a legitimate form of protection of ourselves,” said Bishop Mary Ann Swenson at the Peace Memorial Cathedral in Hiroshima.

Kirchenleitende aus sieben Ländern, die derzeit historische Entscheidungen für oder gegen die Ächtung von Atomwaffen treffen, werden Anfang August zu einer Pilgereise in zwei japanische Städte aufbrechen, die vor 70 Jahren durch Atombomben dezimiert wurden.

Church leaders from seven countries currently making historic choices for or against outlawing nuclear weapons will embark on a pilgrimage in early August to the two Japanese cities that were decimated by atomic bombs 70 years ago.

After a concerted examination of the evidence presented at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons and two earlier conferences, 44 of the states present called for a ban on nuclear weapons. The host government Austria added momentum with a specific, cooperative pledge to “fill the legal gap for the prohibition of nuclear weapons” and eliminate them.

Talk about peace on the Korean peninsula part of discussions at ecumenical consultation on peace and security issues in Asia.