Vatican: St. Peter’s Square Holds Rosary Prayer in Memory of Pope Francis 2

The Vatican held a rosary prayer at St. Peter’s Square on Monday, April 21, and Tuesday, April 22, following the death of Pope Francis. Thousands of Catholics gathered in prayer for the Holy Father, who died at age 88 earlier Monday morning.

A-bomb survivors in S. America publish testimonies

A-bomb survivors in S. America publish testimonies

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Takashi Morita (R), president of the Peace Association of Atomic Bomb Victims in Brazil, and Junko Watanabe, a member of the group's board of directors, show a collection of testimonies from 90 atomic bomb survivors who have later emigrated to South America, during a press conference at the Hiroshima City Hall in western Japan on Nov. 7, 2014.

A-bomb victim in Brazil speaks to high school students

A-bomb victim in Brazil speaks to high school students

FUKUOKA, Japan - Junko Watanabe (R) speaks in Portuguese to students at a high school in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 21, 2014, about her childhood exposure to radiation from the U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945.

Paper crane made by Hiroshima A-bomb victim offered to San Paulo

Paper crane made by Hiroshima A-bomb victim offered to San Paulo

Masahiro Sasaki (C) donates a folded paper crane made by his sister, Sadako, a victim of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima who continued making the cranes until her death at age 12, to the Sao Paulo legislative assembly on Sept. 1, 2015. Junko Watanabe (far L), an executive officer of the Association of Hibakusha-Brazil for Peace, worked for achieving the donation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

A-bomb survivor residing in Brazil gives interview

A-bomb survivor residing in Brazil gives interview

Junko Watanabe, who experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima when she was 2 years old and now lives in Sao Paulo, speaks in Hiroshima. She said that although Japan is the only atomic-bombed country in the world, it is not taking the lead in nuclear nonproliferation efforts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

A-bomb survivors in S. America publish testimonies

A-bomb survivors in S. America publish testimonies

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Takashi Morita (R), president of the Peace Association of Atomic Bomb Victims in Brazil, and Junko Watanabe, a member of the group's board of directors, show a collection of testimonies from 90 atomic bomb survivors who have later emigrated to South America, during a press conference at the Hiroshima City Hall in western Japan on Nov. 7, 2014. (Kyodo)

A-bomb victim in Brazil speaks to high school students

A-bomb victim in Brazil speaks to high school students

FUKUOKA, Japan - Junko Watanabe (R) speaks in Portuguese to students at a high school in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 21, 2014, about her childhood exposure to radiation from the U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945. (Kyodo)