Tag: World War II
Wester warns: “We are now in a nuclear arms race far...
Archbishop John C Wester of Santa Fe has travelled to Japan on a "pilgrimage of peace" commemorating the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, during World War II.
D-Day commemorations remind us to not forget the devastation of war
As D-day commemorations begin, Pope Francis reminds us of the importance of peace and the courage it takes to achieve it.
Anthony Cleary: The cost of historical amnesia
Learn from the past to stop anti-semitism and hate
As a teacher of history, I often reminded my students of the adage, “those who forget...
Faith, love always first for Tobruk Rat
Prayer and faith is the wisdom that 100-year-old WWII veteran and parishioner of St Bernadette’s Parish Castle Hill, Mr Dennis Davis, is giving to everyone during the tribulations of COVID-19.
Rising from the ashes
It is now 75 years since the United States dropped the second atomic bomb ever used in wartime on Nagasaki, resulting in a death...
Fr Flader: The life of Blessed Franz Jägerstätter
Franz Jägerstätter was born on 20 May 1907 in St Radegund in Upper Austria.
The Lion who mauled the Fuehrer
When Aslan fought Euthanasia under the Nazis
Blessed Augustus Clemens Von Galen (1878 - 1946)
Born into a noble German family in Westphalia in 1878, Clemens...
