Pope Francis, a passionate anti-nuclear campaigner, brings his message that nucl...
NAGASAKI, Japan - - Pope Francis, a passionate anti-nuclear campaigner, brings his message that nuclear weapons should be abolished to Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the two Japanese cities devastated by atomic bombings in World War Two and the only places in the world to so suffer.
Francis, the first pope to visit Japan in 38 years, began his stay by telling bishops in Tokyo of his youthful dreams to be a missionary in Japan and how they were finally being fulfilled. He will lay flowers, light a candle, and have a moment of silence in memory of the thousands who lost their lives.
“Even now, something like two percent of the city’s population is still suffering health problems due to the bomb.”
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