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Join America Media and Lumen Christi Institute for a conversation on the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan - Thursday, August 6 - at 12 pm CT.

Speakers Include:

Andrew Bacevich, Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at Boston University
Most Rev. Timothy Broglio, Archbishop of the Military Services USA
Drew Christiansen, S.J., Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Human Development, Georgetown University
Moderator: Joseph E. Capizzi, Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology, Catholic University of America

Remarks will be offered by Matt Malone, S.J., editor in chief of America magazine

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