In one of Tokyo\u2019s main convention centers, Pope Francis listened to the moving stories of those who survived the triple catastrophe that began on March 11, 2011, in Japan: an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear disaster.<\/p>\n
Toshiko Kato was the principal of an elementary school at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy house was swept away by the tsunami along with the rest of the city.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matsuki Kamoshita had to evacuate during the Fukushima nuclear disaster. He said his generation deserves an explanation.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> The triple disaster claimed the lives of over 15,000 people.<\/p>\n The earthquake, a magnitude 9 according to the Richter scale, caused a tsunami that covered entire towns and damaged Fukushima's nuclear power plant. It was a national catastrophe that shocked the whole world.<\/p>\n BENEDICT XVI<\/strong> On every apostolic trip, the pope dedicates some time to reflect on the wounds of the countries he visits. In Japan they were three: the martyrdom of the first Christians, the atomic bombs and the disaster in Fukushima.<\/p>\n Javier Romero<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March 11, 2021. Pope Francis visited Japan in 2019 and met with those affected by the \u201ctriple catastrophe.\u201d It was his last trip before the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bSVPgKQV79o","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/b10annifukushimaeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/b10annifukushimaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cMay this prayer unite us and give us the courage to look forward with hope.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMarch 12, 2011
\n\u201cI pray for the victims and their families\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n