A-bomb survivor urges nuke abolition in audience with pope

Atomic bombing survivor and peace advocate Setsuko Thurlow met Pope Francis during a general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, joining a group that carried a symbolic flame from Japan in an appeal for the cause of abolishing nuclear weapons.Thurlow, 87, a Japanese-Canadian activist who delivered a speech at the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony, was accompanied by members of an interfaith nonprofit group called Earth Caravan, with the delegation bringing a lamp kindled from the "flame of peace" in Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or IC…READ FULL ARTICLE