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06Aug

Photos from Justice and Peace Scotland's post

📆On this day in 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, by US air forces. This was the first time a nuclear weapon had ever been used: it destroyed 13 square kilometres of the city and killed up to 180,000 people.

The power contained in some modern nuclear weapons could kill around 583,000 people. This is five times the devastation and five times the death toll seen in Hiroshima 79 years ago.

On Saturday 3rd August, we gathered outside Faslane Naval Base, the home of the UK's nuclear submarines for a Christian Peace Vigil in opposition to the threat and possession of these weapons. The gathering was led by Archbishop Nolan, President of Justice and Peace Scotland and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Glasgow, the Right Rev Shaw Paterson, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and the Scottish Episcopal Church 's Bishop Andrew Swift, Bishop of Brechin.

All three Faith Leaders highlighted the incompatibility of nuclear weapons with respect for God's Creation and with the love of Christ for all His people. We must never give up on the call to be peacemakers. ✝️🕊️

















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