Vatican holds mass for 2011 northeastern Japan disaster

Vatican holds mass for 2011 northeastern Japan disaster

Cardinal Angelo Comastri (R) and Japanese priest Yuji Sugawara hold a mass commemorating the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on March 11, 2019, the eighth anniversary of the catastrophe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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