Hiroshima

NAGASAKI, Japan: Kenji Hayashida thought about committing suicide in the years after an atomic bomb was dropped on his hometown of Nagasaki. On Sunday (Nov 24) he will hear Pope Francis call there for a world without nuclear weapons, a message 81-year-old su…

NAGASAKI, JapanIts fitting that Pope Francis makes his first official visit to Japan in Nagasaki, the city where Christianity first took hold in the country and where nearly 500 years later it remains steeped in blood-soaked symbolism, both religious and poli…

Pope Francis landed in the wind and rain in Tokyo on Saturday evening, issuing a call for an end to nuclear weapons is the only country to have suffered a nuclear bomb attack. He is set to travel to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, two cities flattened by U.S. atom b…

Francis touched down in Tokyo on Saturday, becoming the first pope to visit the East Asian country in 38 years. His four-day trip will include visits to Nagasaki and Hiroshima, cities where over 210,000 people were killed when the United States dropped nucle…

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Pope Francis left Thailand on Saturday 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. The pope, 82, was accompanied to the air…

Pope Francis warned on Friday that technology and globalisation are homogenising young people around the world to the point where their uniqueness and cultural individuality are becoming endangered species. The 82-year-old pope made his appeal for young peop…

The man credited with breaking professional basketballs color barrier has died. The University of Utah announced on Thursday that Wataru "Wat" Misaka died at 95 years old in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. Misaka played for Utah on their 1944 NCAA championship…

The pontiff was already planning to call for global nuclear disarmament. Asking the U.S. to adopt a no-first-use policy would make the world a bit safer, faster. This Sunday, Pope Francis will visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the only locations in history to h…

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Its fitting that Pope Francis will start his first official visit to Japan in Nagasaki, the city where Christianity first took hold in the country and where nearly 500 years later it remains steeped in blood-soaked symbolism, both religious and political. It…