‘Never forget’: In Nagasaki, Pope Francis calls for nuclear weapon abolition

Rain didn’t deter Pope Francis’ faithful lining up before dawn to catch a glimpse of him on Sunday. Speaking at Nagasaki’s Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park, ground zero of the bomb drop during WW2 that killed 27,000 people, the Pontiff sent a strong message to world leaders.

• Pope Francis advocates for abolishing nuclear weapons as he visits Japan’s bombed cities