He will visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world’s only two cities to suffer nuclear attacks.
Pope Francis left Thailand today after a three-day visit and headed to Japan, where he is to visit the ground zeros of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as part of his campaign against nuclear weapons.
In Japan, Pope Francis is expected to turn his focus to his anti-nuclear campaign, particularly tomorrow, when he visits Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world’s only two cities to suffer nuclear attacks. Japan stresses its unique status as the only nation to have suffered atomic attacks and advocates disarmament but nonetheless relies on the US nuclear umbrella as an extended deterrent.
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