By MASATO TAINAKA/ Staff Writer
November 19, 2019 at 17:30 JST
Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue, far left, hands a letter to Pope Francis in May 2018 asking that the pontiff visit Nagasaki and Hiroshima. ((C) Vatican Media Foto, provided by the Nagasaki city government)
Roman Catholics and atomic bomb survivors in Japan are fervently hoping the first papal visit in nearly 40 years will help trigger a sharp shift in thinking by the nuclear powers. [Read More]
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