Pope slams atomic weapons

Huge turnout: Pope Francis greeting wellwishers ahead of Holy Mass at Nagasaki Baseball Stadium. — Reuters

Nagasaki: Pope Francis railed against atomic weapons, the nuclear deterrent and the growing arms trade, as he paid tribute to the victims of the “unspeakable horror” of the Nagasaki bomb.

In a highly symbolic visit to the Japanese city devastated by the nuclear attack in August 1945, Francis said nuclear weapons were “not the answer” to a desire for security, peace and stability.