Tag: World War II
Tokyo cardinal warns against sacrificing human lives in name of peace
Marking Japan’s war-end anniversary, Cardinal Kikuchi urged Catholics to reject violence, defend dignity and heed war victims’ suffering
Tokyo cardinal urges honest reckoning with history during ten days of...
Cardinal Kikuchi urges Catholics to preserve war memories and reject justifications for violence during Japan’s Ten Days of Peace
Pope: May the Hiroshima anniversary serve as a call to pursue...
Pope Leo XIV urges the international community to renew its commitment to pursue lasting peace for our whole human family
Japanese bishops decry global return to war and militarism
Japanese bishops warn of rising global militarism, urge youth to uphold peace, justice, and memory 80 years after WWII
Philippines urged to compensate WWII sex slave survivors
During World War II, up to 200,000 women across Asia including the Philippines were forced to work in Japanese military brothels
‘Comfort women’ statues as reminders of Japanese wartime atrocities
The comfort women campaign highlights the urgency for justice as attempts to whitewash history and to distort narratives continue
Pope Francis cites conscientious objector as example for youth
The husband and father of four girls was eventually executed for his refusal to fight for the Nazis
Lola Isabelita Viduya, comfort woman, 89
Isabelita and other Filipino women victims of sexual slavery and violence died without receiving a formal apology and compensation from Japan
Filipino World War II veterans remembered; pandemic frontliners tagged as heroes
“We may live in relative peace ... but there remain current challenges we must face head on” - Gov Petilla of Leyte
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