Pace e Bene’s Fr. Louie Vitale was part of an interfaith group from the United States that traveled to  Japan between July 30th and August 11th, 2009 to mark the 64th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Fr. Louie at the prison foundation ruins at the Peace Park in Nagasaki. The hypocenter, exact point of atomic bomb explosion, is located 600 feet from this spot. All inhabitants were killed.

 Fr. Louie viewing a shrine to children at the Nagasaki Peace Park. One pays respects by taking a ladel of water and pouring it onto the flowers.

Torch walk from the Peace Park to the Nagasaki Cathedral, on the night of August 9th.

Delegation viewing pictures of Nagasaki devastation at the Nagasaki Peace Park.

Fr. Louie in front the shrine at the Nagasaki Hypocenter.

Shrine to the Immobilized Students in Hiroshima Peace Park. Most of the people killed by the Atomic Bomb were junior high school students who had been sent to downtown Hiroshima to clear wooden houses to make fire lanes.

Fr. Louie at bronze panels showing scenes after the bomb dropped at Hiroshima Peace Park.

Hiroshima Lantern Ceremony