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Archbishop Paul Etienne of Seattle leaves the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall Oct. 6, 2023, after a morning session of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops. (CNS/Lola Gomez)

Seattle Archdiocese to consolidate, combine 136 Catholic parishes into 60 'parish families'

A woman sets a floating candle lantern on the river Aug. 6, 2015, in Hiroshima, Japan. "Peace is founded on the primary relationship that exists between every human being and God himself, a relationship marked by righteousness," declares the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

US, Japanese bishops pledge to work toward 'world without nuclear weapons'

On the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Archbishop Paul Etienne of Seattle and Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, joined three Japanese bishops in a formal pledge to concretely work toward "a world without nuclear weapons."

Shinto priests bow to the altar during an interfaith service at the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 2023, to commemorate those who died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima Aug. 6, 1945. (OSV News photo/Northwest Catholic)

In Japan for anniversary of atomic bombings, US archbishops urge nuclear disarmament

On the 78th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Archbishop Paul Etienne of Seattle and Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the Pilgrimage of Peace delegation from their archdioceses participated in an interfaith prayer ceremony and a peace memorial ceremony.

 

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