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Pope, Japan PM, discuss hopes for nuclear-free world

Pope Francis gestures as he speaks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a private audience at the Vatican, May 4, 2022. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS

Pope Francis and the prime minister of Japan, the only country to be hit by atomic bombs, met on Wednesday and discussed their common hope for a world free of nuclear weapons.

Francis and Fumio Kishida met for about half an hour in a receiving room of the Vatican's audience hall just before Francis held his general audience for thousands of people in St. Peter's Square.

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