Sunday 11 April |

Saint of the Day: St. Stanislaus of Krakow

Japan

NAGASAKI MARTYRS

Philip Kosloski

This unique chaplet honors 26 Japanese martyrs

JAPANESE WINE

J-P Mauro

Research finds Japanese winemaking was halted by Christian persecution

TOYOTA MIRAI

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Pope gets an eco-friendly Popemobile

MARVIN STROMBO

Cerith Gardiner

WWII veteran keeps a 73-year promise and the moving moment is caught on video

J-P Mauro

Nagasaki searches for boy from Pope Francis’ photo

Urakami Cathedral

John Burger

Four years after atomic bombing, a Mass took place in the ruins of Nagasaki

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHEDRAL

J-P Mauro

The cross that withstood an atomic bomb returns to Nagasaki

J-P Mauro

Rent-a-family: A sad solution to Japanese loneliness

MATRYS OF NAGASAKI

John Burger

Life of Japan’s “Hidden Christians” revealed in new documentary

MARTYRS

Brother Silas Henderson, SDS

The 26 men and boys who died on a hill of crosses outside Nagasaki

JAPANESE CHRISTIAN PAINTING

J-P Mauro

Rare early Japanese Christian painting discovered in museum collection

J-P Mauro

Japanese students recreate the bombing of Hiroshima in virtual reality

OURA CATHEDRAL NAGASAKI

Zelda Caldwell

Sites of Japan’s persecuted Christians added to UNESCO World Heritage list

MAN CROSSING THE SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE

Lucandrea Massaro

Japan’s elderly see jail as a solution to their loneliness

JAPANESE GIRL,POPE FRANCIS

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The Church in the Far East

Aleteia Image Department

Who are these that fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows? – Isaiah 60:8

J-P Mauro

“Green newspaper” brings new life out of struggling industry

John Burger

Japanese knife murderer had already been detained for pro-euthanasia views

John Burger

Finally Home: Serviceman Killed in Battle with Japanese Brought Back to New Orleans

Aleteia

WATCH: What One Man Did to Bring Joy to His Blind Wife

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