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November 9, 2017

Nuclear meeting is a 'cry to humanity'

Following every pope since Pope Pius XII, Pope Francis pushes the peace agenda as tensions between world leaders arise. Pope Francis, top, addresses the UN General Assembly in New York in 2015. At right is Setsuko Thurlow of Toronto, who survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack in 1945.

As the Vatican gathered 11 Nobel peace laureates, plus NATO officials, ambassadors and peace activists to discuss nuclear disarmament at a Nov. 10-11 summit, there was no doubt about the Church’s position.

Published in Features