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From the Philippines, a missionary in Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan, Nov 27, 2019 / 05:00 am (CNA).- On Sundays, Fr. Raniel Berdos can be found strolling the aisles...
Read moreUniversity should not be for the privileged few, Pope Francis says in Japan
Tokyo, Japan, Nov 25, 2019 / 06:47 pm (CNA).- At a Jesuit university in Tokyo on Tuesday, Pope Francis said...
Read moreLeaked manuals detail regime at Chinese ‘reeducation camps’
Beijing, China, Nov 25, 2019 / 03:00 pm (CNA).- Leaked government documents from China have shed light on the country’s...
Read moreThe Marian image that survived Nagasaki’s atom bomb present at papal Mass
Nagasaki, Japan, Nov 25, 2019 / 01:35 pm (CNA).- When Pope Francis offers Mass during international trips, an image of...
Read morePope Francis meets the Japanese Emperor, who, like the pope, came after an unexpected resignation
Tokyo, Japan, Nov 25, 2019 / 09:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis met Monday with Emperor Naruhito of Japan. It was...
Read moreEconomics must prioritize human dignity, pope tells Japanese authorities
Tokyo, Japan, Nov 25, 2019 / 03:34 am (CNA).- In the measure of a country, concern for human dignity and...
Read moreLack of prayer creates spiritual ‘zombies,’ pope tells Japanese youth
Tokyo, Japan, Nov 24, 2019 / 09:28 pm (CNA).- If people neglect prayer and the interior life, they are at...
Read moreMeeting with disaster victims, pope says human suffering demands a response
Tokyo, Japan, Nov 24, 2019 / 07:49 pm (CNA).- In a meeting Monday with people affected by Japan’s 2011 “triple...
Read morePope Francis honors heroism of Japanese martyrs of Nagasaki
Nagasaki, Japan, Nov 23, 2019 / 07:55 pm (CNA).- Pope Francis Sunday honored the many martyrs who died in Japan...
Read moreAt Nagasaki ground zero, pope denounces ‘unspeakable horror’ of nuclear weapons
Nagasaki, Japan, Nov 23, 2019 / 06:48 pm (CNA).- At the ground zero site of the 1945 nuclear attack on...
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