Pope seeks Buddhist ties, nuclear ban on Asia trip

Pontiff's 3rd trip to continent, and 32nd abroad, takes him to 2 countries with minority Catholic populations. FMTNews AsiaTrip Rome

A life-sized statue of Pope Francis is placed at the St Louis Hospital in Bangkok where he is scheduled to visit.

The 82-year-old Francis is particularly fascinated by Japan, where in his youth he hoped to be sent as a missionary before a lung operation cut short those plans. Also on the agenda are private meetings with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha and King Maha Vajiralongkorn. On Saturday, Francis departs for Japan where the following day he visits Nagasaki and Hiroshima, site of the 1945 atomic attacks by the United States that caused 74,000 and 140,000 deaths, respectively, at the end World War II, and hastened the surrender of Japan.

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