Catholic bishops in Japan have dedicated the second Friday of Lent as a Day of Prayer and Penance for Victims and Survivors of Sexual Abuse. Archbishop Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference ...
The Tokyo Archdiocese suspended public Masses until Sept. 12 as COVID-19 cases continue to spread in Japan, especially in the capital and adjacent areas. Archbishop Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo announced the new measures Aug. 14; they ...
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops echoed Pope Francis' long-standing call for full nuclear disarmament as the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings in Japan approached. Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles ...
Meg Hunter-Kilmer writes how for seven generations after missionaries were expelled from Japan, a group of Hidden Christians kept the faith alive, even though there were no priests to serve them. She writes, “The question ...
Questions about Vatican finances, especially those involving a real estate deal in London, are serious, but they also are a sign that reforms begun by Pope Benedict XVI are working, Pope Francis said. "This is the ...
At the end of his trip to Thailand and Japan, Pope Francis said he found truth in the saying, "Lux ex oriente, ex occidente luxus," or, as he roughly translated it, "the light comes from ...
While not adopting the Japanese bishops' opposition to nuclear power plants as his own, Pope Francis insisted the 2011 meltdown at the Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima raises serious questions. "It is important at ...
Saying it is "perverse" to think the threat of nuclear weapons makes the world safer, Pope Francis urged a renewed commitment to disarmament and to the international treaties designed to limit or eliminate nuclear weapons. ...
Pope Francis’ next apostolic journey will take him this month to Thailand and Japan, making him the first pope to travel to those two Asian countries since St. John Paul II visited those Churches nearly ...
After spending most of October at the Vatican working with the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon and dedicating the first two weeks of November to "ad limina" visits with bishops from the United States, ...
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