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Tony Magliano’s opinion (CR, Aug. 5) of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was naïve and ill-researched.

LONDON – Honduras’ environmental prosecutor has filed criminal charges against two mining executives and a former government official after a British Catholic aid agency provided evidence to show that they ignored the alleged pollution of rivers.

Letter-writer Christopher B. Costello (CR, Aug. 12) was 100 percent on the mark when he described Tony Magliano’s column (Aug. 5) as “misleading, pacifist propaganda.” Without the nuclear bomb, many more Japanese people would have been substantially killed in warfare before they would have considered surrendering.

With Tony Magliano’s “Memorial Day Reflection” and his most recent words on the anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (CR, Aug. 5), I am encouraged by his efforts to bring us the truth and reality of history. It is a bit humbling, but just maybe it will challenge us to be true followers of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace.

A funeral Mass for Father Gerald F. West, a longtime chaplain to the Franciscan Sisters, was to be offered Aug. 18 at Clare Court Convent Chapel in Baltimore.

In response to the column by Tony Magliano (CR, Aug. 5), my parents had seven sons and three daughters. Four sons (and two son-in-laws) served during World War II. Two sons served during the Korean War, and I served during a time of peace. My brother Ted, in the Army, received two Purple Hearts, the Bronze Star and the Silver Star in Europe, then was sent to Korea to wait for our invasion of Japan. My other brothers, Hen and Fred who were in the Navy, were in the Pacific, also awaiting the invasion of Japan.

SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy – Thieves attempted, but failed, to steal a few relics of St. Padre Pio from the Capuchin cemetery in San Giovanni Rotondo, the town where the friar lived and ministered.