Francis in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. From Nagasaki a message on nuclear weapons, in Hiroshima, next to the arch that marks the point where the bomb fell, "Never again war, never again the clash of arms, never again so much suffering!" .
First Mass by Pope Francis in Japan, in the city that experienced the nuclear holocaust, which caused 100-200 thousand deaths. Raise "our voices" to defend the innocent, choosing "compassion as the authentic way to shape history ".
Pope Francis visits and prays before the Martyrs Memorial on Nishizaki Hill. A place that tells "the darkness of death and martyrdom, but also the light of the resurrection". The Japanese martyrs who inspired the Pope's missionary vocation. "Continuously make the evangelizing zeal burn". Appeal for religious freedom in Asia and the world.