meanwhile in Japan

Lunch time reading brought me to this story in the Washington Post about the commemoration of today's 60th Anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki Japan.

Nagasaki's remembrances began just after sunrise with a special Mass at Urakami Cathedral. Hundreds of worshippers crowded into the church, which at the time of the bombing was the largest in Asia with 12,000 parishioners - 8,500 of whom are believed to have been killed.

Wow. Who knew? That's 8,500 of our Catholic brothers and sisters who were part of the approximately 80,000 killed by the bomb.

I also recommend this opinion piece from the LA Times about the Myths of Hiroshima. I need to send that one to my Dad. It might open his eyes a bit on the issue.