(Qz) – The pope, currently on an official visit to Chile, has been handing out small prints of a 1945 image taken by a US Marine photographer, a grim reminder of what he calls the “fruit of war.”
The photo, taken by Joe O’Donnell, then a photographer for the US Marines, shows a young Japanese boy carrying his dead younger brother on his back, after the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki in 1945. CNN reports that the Pope had the picture printed at the end of 2017. On the reverse side of the print is the Pope’s supplied caption: “the fruit of war”.
When asked about the photo on his flight on Jan. 15, the Pope notes:
“I found this by chance. It was taken in 1945; on the back is the information. It is a boy carrying his dead brother, standing in line before the crematorium in Nagasaki, after the bombing.
“I was moved when I saw this (picture), and I dared write only ‘the fruits of war’. And I thought of reprinting it and giving it because a picture like this says more than a thousand words. So I wanted to share it with you.
A version of this story first appeared on Qz website.
Our pray I that it not happen again
Also prayer is needed in our country.
God has always been with us that is why our country ain’t suffering from all this natural disaster…
Sad
Prayer and noting else as no one can see the future
Prayer is all we need
Hmm may the good thing, good befall us
I don’t pray for war..let there be peace, so shall it be
People wey get hear make de hear ooo
Na na lie na lie one day e dey turn to truth
Pope Francis pls do something and organise warrior prayers for mankind
War have acclaimed so many lives in the past
All we need is good things to happen..good things to happen
War don’t sound good at all
We need mass prayer
This serious
Thanks for the warning
War isn’t a good thing
I pray it doesn’t come
Nuclear war or not, war is war cos people die… naija is already in a serious war..people are dying from hunger, poverty, unemployment, boko haram and herdsmen…
If nuclear world war breakout, the first country to go extinct will be Nigeria, because we don’t have an army, what we have is presidential bodyguard if you know what I mean.
I’ve been having this fear of a Nuclear attack so imminent, pope please preach it…. Stockpiling even against deterrence is wrong.. The Japanese forumalr should be applied and nations should destroy their nuclear stockpiles…
With over 17,000 Nuclear warheads on the planet, so much destruction can be done….Stop Nuclear Weapons Stockpiling Now !
Human beings have successfully created weapons that will wipe them off the face of the planet.
Awesome! ???
We humans just like creating problems for ourselves.
Why do countries stockpile nuclear weapons?
To destroy ourselves?
War is bad,we should learn to love one another