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Pope meets Hiroshima A-bomb survivors

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By Vincenzo Pinto

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We give thanks to his Holiness, Pope Francis.

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Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and let your perpetual light shine upon those gone ahead of us.

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There are not many survivors left. Hope Japanese govt treat them well.

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The pope should also go to Tokyo where more people died and suffered from the fire bombings than the A-bombs, and Pearl Harbor where this all started.

Hosokawa was 17 when the bomb was dropped and described suffering both the physical after-effects but also the prejudice that many survivors experienced.

What's up with the prejudice, Japan?

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How does one 'hit out against' something? What does that mean?

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