Pope Francis to go to Hiroshima, Nagasaki on Nov. 24

Pope Francis will visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Nov. 24 during his four-day stay in Japan to offer prayers for victims of the U.S. atomic bombings of the two cities in World War II, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.The pope is scheduled to meet atomic bomb survivors as part of his trip from Nov. 23, the first papal visit to the country since John Paul II in February 1981, the source said.He will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, and hold a mass at the Tokyo Dome stadium on Nov. 25.The pope sent letters in May promising to offer prayers for citi…READ FULL ARTICLE