When the Bockscar - the B-29 bomber which dropped the Fat Man nuclear weapon over Nagasaki during World War II - headed out over Kyushu, the pilots had a list of sites, with weather conditions determining fate. Kitakyushu was first on the list but, lucky for them, was cloudy; Kumamoto was fortunately lower on the list than Nagasaki, which had clear weather that day.
Pope Francis recently made an unusual act of issuing official cards with a photo of a boy carrying the corpse of his sibling, a result of that tragedy, marked with “the fruit of war” (“il fruito della guerra”) along with his signature “Franciscus.”
This action from the Holy See is a bit unusual. Perhaps he sees something we do not (For those interested in Latin - useful) - William