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Friday 27 May |

Saint of the Day: St. Augustine of Canterbury

Japan

Tempura

Daniel Esparza

The surprising Catholic origins of Japanese tempura

atomic bomb

Inma Alvarez

The Catholic priest who blessed the atomic bomb repented later in life

OLYMPICS

Cerith Gardiner

The Japanese man who became a star at the Olympics because of his simple sign

JAPANAESE SAINTS

Meg Hunter-Kilmer

Saints of Japan

NAGASAKI

Lucien de Guise

Bearing the cross: An artifact of Japan’s Catholic history

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

nagasaki-boy Joe ODonnell CC

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

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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

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