Pope Francis has expressed his desire to visit Japan, including the atomic-bombed cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, around the end of next year, the Japanese cardinal said Monday.If the plan is realized, he will become the first pope to travel to Japan since John Paul II visited the two cities in 1981.Japan's Cardinal Manyo Maeda, who met with Pope Francis at the Vatican earlier in the day, said the pope during his trip is expected to offer prayers for the victims of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 in World War II.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked the pope …READ FULL ARTICLE
