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  • LESSON FROM HIROSHIMA: WITH THE ROSARY THERE IS A PROTECTION AGAINST ANYTHING

    02/14/2003 10:28:31 AM PST · by Siobhan · 19 replies · 466+ views
    Spirit Daily ^ | J+M+J 14 February A.D. 2003 | Michael D. Brown
    "When the atom bomb destroyed Hiroshima on August 6, 1945," notes a website, "it somehow spared a building only eight blocks away from ground zero. In it were living eight Jesuits who were unharmed by the blast, heat, and radiation. Some 200 scientists have examined the priests, trying to determine why they were unhurt. Speaking on American TV, the German Jesuit Father Hubert Schiffer gave the answer: 'In that house, the Rosary was prayed every day. In that house we were living the message of Fatima,' he said." Actually, it was even more dramatic than that. Let's hear Father Schiffer's...
  • Enola Gay's radio operator Richard Nelson dies at 77

    02/06/2003 9:42:15 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 14 replies · 624+ views
    Sac Bee ^ | 2/6/03 | AP -Los Angeles
    <p>The B-29 superfortress Enola Gay lands at its Tinian base after its historic atomic bombing mission over Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.</p> <p>LOS ANGELES(AP) - Richard Nelson, the radio operator aboard the Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, has died. He was 77.</p>