Hiroshima & Nagasaki

Members of a World Council of Churches delegation pray in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 7, 2015. The pilgrims folded a thousand paper cranes to leave at the site, where every year Japanese school children leave millions of the origami birds as a demonstration of their commitment to a world without nuclear weapons. The delegation members came to Japan to see for themselves, to listen to survivors and local church leaders, and to recommit themselves to new forms of advocacy for a world free of...
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Members of a World Council of Churches delegation pray in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 7, 2015. The pilgrims folded a thousand paper cranes to leave at the site, where every year Japanese school children leave millions of the origami birds as a demonstration of their commitment to a world without nuclear weapons. The delegation members came to Japan to see for themselves, to listen to survivors and local church leaders, and to recommit themselves to new forms of advocacy for a world free of nuclear weapons.
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