Apocalisse atomica, l’attesa di un messaggio

epa02271800 (FILES) A handout photo shows a severely burned teenage Hiroshima A-bomb victim photographed in late August 1945. The girl was part of a youth work force doing physical labor when the bomb hit Hiroshima city, killing over 140,000 people. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Japan 03 August 2010 to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two cities where the US military dropped atomic bombs 65 years ago. Ban will be the first UN secretary general to attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima. For the first time the United States will send an envoy to the memorial. The US bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 06 August 1945, killing tens of thousands of people in seconds. By the end of the year, 140,000 had died from the effects of the bomb. On 09 August a second atomic bomb was exploded over Nagasaki, killing more than 73,000 people.  EPA/HANDOUT  EDITORIAL USE ONLY
epa03813826 The Atomic Bomb Dome during dusk at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, 05 August 2013. Hiroshima will mark the 68th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing in 1945 on 06 August.  EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
epa03814169 Residents offer a prayer for atomic bomb victims at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, 06 August 2013 prior to the Peace Memorial Ceremony marking the 68th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing of a city in 1945.  EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
epa04867685 A handout image made available by the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) of Japanese Prisoners of War with bowed heads after hearing Emperor Hirohito making the announcement of Japan's unconditional surrender, at a POW center in Guam, 15 August 1945. 06 August 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing on Hiroshima. The US B-29 Superfortress bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb codenamed 'Little Boy' on Hiroshima on 06 August 1945, killing tens of thousands of people in seconds. By the end of the year, 140,000 people had died from the effects of the bomb. On 09 August 1945 a second atomic bomb was exploded over Nagasaki, killing more than 73,000 people. The 'Little Boy' was the first ever nuclear bomb dropped on a city and a crucial turn that led to Japan's surrender in WWII.  EPA/US NATIONAL ARCHIVES / HANDOUT  HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
epa04867702 A handout image made available by the US National Archives of smoke billowing 20,000 feet above Hiroshima while smoke from the burst of the first atomic bomb had spread over 10,000 feet on the target at the base of the rising column, in Hiroshima, Japan, 06 August 1945. 06 August 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing on Hiroshima. The US B-29 Superfortress bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb codenamed 'Little Boy' on Hiroshima on 06 August 1945, killing tens of thousands of people in seconds. By the end of the year, 140,000 people had died from the effects of the bomb. On 09 August 1945 a second atomic bomb was exploded over Nagasaki, killing more than 73,000 people. The 'Little Boy' was the first ever nuclear bomb dropped on a city and a crucial turn that led to Japan's surrender in WWII.  EPA/US NATIONAL ARCHIVES / HANDOUT  HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
epa04867702 A handout image made available by the US National Archives of smoke billowing 20,000 feet above Hiroshima while smoke from the burst of the first atomic bomb had spread over 10,000 feet on the target at the base of the rising column, in Hiroshima, Japan, 06 August 1945. 06 August 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing on Hiroshima. The US B-29 Superfortress bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb codenamed 'Little Boy' on Hiroshima on 06 August 1945, killing tens of thousands of people in seconds. By the end of the year, 140,000 people had died from the effects of the bomb. On 09 August 1945 a second atomic bomb was exploded over Nagasaki, killing more than 73,000 people. The 'Little Boy' was the first ever nuclear bomb dropped on a city and a crucial turn that led to Japan's surrender in WWII.  EPA/US NATIONAL ARCHIVES / HANDOUT  HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
epa04867704 A handout image made available by the US National Archive of Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., Pilot of the Enola Gay, the Plane that Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, waving from his cockpit before the takeoff, on Tinian island, 06 August 1945. 06 August 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing on Hiroshima. The US B-29 Superfortress bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb codenamed 'Little Boy' on Hiroshima on 06 August 1945, killing tens of thousands of people in seconds. By the end of the year, 140,000 people had died from the effects of the bomb. On 09 August 1945 a second atomic bomb was exploded over Nagasaki, killing more than 73,000 people. The 'Little Boy' was the first ever nuclear bomb dropped on a city and a crucial turn that led to Japan's surrender in WWII.  EPA/US NATIONAL ARCHIVE / HANDOUT  HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
epa06930629 An Indian student with No Bomb messages written on his face take part in a 'Hiroshima Day' peace rally in Mumbai, India, 06 August 2018. Students and social activists gathered in Mumbai to mark the 73rd anniversary of the world's first nuclear bombing in Hiroshima.  EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI
epa07839167 (FILE) - Visitors are watching a photo of the Atomic Bomb Dome and around the area devastated by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum  in Hiroshima, western Japan, 17 July 2019. The Vatican announced on 13 September 2019 Pope Francis will visit Japan from 23 to 26 November and the WWII atomic bombed cities of Hiroshima Nagasaki. The Pope's visit to Japan will be for the first time since John Paul II visited in 1981. Fuji died at the age of 42 in 1977.  EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
epa07839166 (FILE) - Visitors walking through a photo of 10-year-old atomic bomb survivor girl Yukio Fujii, whose photo was taken on 09 August 1945, just three days after the atomic bombing, at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum  in Hiroshima, western Japan, 17 July 2019. The Vatican announced on 13 September 2019 Pope Francis will visit Japan from 23 to 26 November and the WWII atomic bombed cities of Hiroshima Nagasaki. The Pope's visit to Japan will be for the first time since John Paul II visited in 1981. Fuji died at the age of 42 in 1977.  EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
epa07839100 (FILE) - Visitors looking at a photo of Atomic Bomb survivor Senji Yamaguchi displayed at Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, 18 July 2019. The Vatican announced on 13 September 2019 Pope Francis will visit Japan from 23 to 26 November and the WWII atomic bombed cities of Hiroshima Nagasaki. The Pope's visit to Japan will be for the first time since John Paul II visited in 1981.  EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
epa06128342 A little girl assisted by her father floats a paper lantern to comfort souls of victims of the 06 August 1945 atomic bombing, at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, 06 August 2017. Hiroshima marked the 72nd anniversary of the atomic bombing on 06 August 2017. The Atomic Bomb Dome is seen in the rear.  EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA

Partito da Roma martedì 19 novembre 2019, papa Francesco arriverà a Nagasaki e Hiroshima domenica 24 novembre. Grande attesa per quanto esprimerà in questa occasione, dopo che già il 10 novembre 2017, nel convegno internazionale convocato in Vaticano sulle «prospettive per un mondo libero dalle armi nucleari e per un disarmo integrale», ha ribadito che «le armi di distruzione di massa, in particolare quelle atomiche, altro non generano che un ingannevole senso di sicurezza e non possono costituire la base della pacifica convivenza fra i membri della famiglia umana, che deve invece ispirarsi ad un’etica di solidarietà».

Francesco nel suo viaggio in Cile, nel gennaio 2018, rispondendo alla domanda di un giornalista ha detto: « Ho davvero paura. Siamo al limite. Basta un incidente per innescare la guerra. Di questo passo la situazione rischia di precipitare. Quindi bisogna distruggere le armi, adoperarci per il disarmo nucleare».

Foto Ap Ansa da archivio storico su Hiroshima

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