Newspaper criticizes Archbishop Wester for remarks on nuclear weapons (Albuquerque Journal)

Stating that Sante Fe Archbishop John Wester needs a “homily on reality,” he Albuquerque Journal criticized remarks made by the prelate during an online commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. The newspaper contrasted the prelate’s remarks with those of his vicar general in the diocesan publication (pp. 20-21). An anti-nuclear activist came to the archbishop’s defense.