Fake news (photo) Charles Collins, Crux Wednesday, January 17, 2018 Pope Francis came across and circulated an old photo of a boy in Nagasaki after the explosion of the atom bomb, depicting the lad with his dead brother on his back: “The fruit of war,” the pope called it. But it turns out the image may actually be a fraud. © 2023 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.