Pope's emissary visits disaster-hit Matsushima

Pope's emissary visits disaster-hit Matsushima

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Cardinal Robert Sarah, an emissary of Pope Benedict XVI, throws flowers into the ocean from a boat on May 16, 2011, in the Matsushima area, a popular tourist spot in Miyagi Prefecture hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, to commemorate victims of the disaster.

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