Pope Francis Sunday described the use of nuclear bombs as "a crime", as he took his appeal for an end to atomic weapons to Hiroshima in an emotional meeting with survivors.
The visit came hours after a highly symbolic stop in the city of Nagasaki, where Francis railed against all
nuclear weapons, including their use as a deterrent.
At least 140,000 people died after the atomic
bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, with another 74,000 killed after a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days later.