Pope urged to abandon the use of nuclear weapons – Kommersant

Pope Francis urged mankind forever renounce war and called the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a constant reminder to humanity of the need to ban weapons of mass destruction. During traditsoinnoy Sunday sermon in the Vatican, he said that this tragic event for so many years, causing horror and disgust. “The bombings of the Japanese cities have become a symbol of immense destructive power of man, when he misuses of science and technology, and has become a permanent warning to humanity, so that it always rejected war, banning nuclear weapons and all weapons of mass destruction” – quoted by AP pontiff. Pope Francis urged the faithful to make every effort to promote peace, brotherhood and peaceful coexistence of peoples.

As reported by “Kommersant” in Nagasaki held events dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city . A memorial ceremony was held with the participation of Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe and guests from more than seventy countries. Exactly at 11:02 (5:02 Moscow time) – the exact time when detonated over Nagasaki atomic bomb capacity of 21 kilotons – participants of the ceremony honored the memory of victims minute of silence. By the Peace Monument, wreaths were laid, held a symbolic ritual of “swipe water” victims of the bombing who, dying, asked to drink. The wooden bucket of clean spring water was delivered to the monument of the world.

The commemorative events on the occasion of the “Day of Hiroshima”, which is celebrated by the international community as the World Day for the prohibition of nuclear weapons, 6 August was attended by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the US ambassador in Tokyo, Caroline Kennedy, US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller, the high representative of the UN Secretary General for Disarmament Kim Won-soo, the representatives of the Japanese authorities and diplomats from 100 foreign countries . This was the largest number of participants in the history of the ceremony.