On June 24, join Pax Christi International for an international webinar marking 80 years since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: a time to remember, to reflect on our shared moral responsibility, and to renew our commitment to building a more just, peaceful, and nuclear-free world.
The webinar will start at 8 AM Eastern / 5 AM Pacific (2 PM Brussels.)
Use this link to register. A recording will be made available to those who register.
“80 years of memory and action: Honouring the past, advancing disarmament, and building a peaceful future” brings together voices from across the Pax Christi movement and our partners in the wider peace and disarmament community. Through testimonies, reflections, and shared witness, we will explore the enduring impact of nuclear weapons and the urgent call to disarmament grounded in nonviolence and human dignity.
This webinar brings together voices from across the Pax Christi movement (Pax Christi Korea, Pax Christi USA, Pax Christi Italia, Pax Christi Scotland) and our partners in the wider peace and disarmament community. Through testimonies, reflections, and shared witness, we will explore the enduring impact of nuclear weapons and the urgent call to disarmament grounded in nonviolence and human dignity.
Use this link to register.
We are particularly pleased to welcome contributions from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), whose leadership and advocacy have been instrumental in advancing the cause of nuclear abolition and energising civil society around the world.
The webinar takes place in the wake of several important global events, including the Fourth Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), the 2025 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Disarmament Week, and the Eighth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, offering a timely opportunity to engage with the global momentum for peace and nuclear disarmament.
Join Pax Christi International in marking this anniversary with reflection, shared witness, and a renewed commitment to peace and disarmament.
Use this link to register.
Speakers
Moderator: Jonathan Frerichs, PCI International Representative UN Geneva
Welcome and opening prayer
- Martha Inés Romero, PCI Secretary General
- Bishop (em.) Marc Stenger, PCI Co-President
- Sr. Teresia Wamuyu Wachira, PCI Co-President
“Memory and moral responsibility now: 80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki”
- Anselmo Lee, Founding Co-President, Pax Christi Korea (PCK)
- Sr. Filo Hirota, Catholic Nonviolence Initiative steering committee, Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz
- Nicholas Mele, Senior Adviser on Nuclear Disarmament, Pax Christi USA
- Bishop Brian McGee, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles
“Disarmament and the role of civil society today”
- Florian Ebelenkamp, Advocacy Officer, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
“Echoes of peace: Testimonies from the ground”
- Marian Pallister, Pax Christi Scotland Chair, Pax Christi Scotland
- Marhegane Godefroid, PCI Board Member, Peace Maker in DRC
- Franco Dinelli, President of the “Social economic studies center for peace”, Pax Christi Italy