Thursday 18 April |

Saint of the Day: Bl. Maria Anna Blondin

Japan

Daniel Esparza

Kannon Mary: A secret symbol of Japan’s hidden Christians

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Daniel Esparza

Echoes of Japan’s “hidden Christians” are everywhere in ‘Shogun’

Japan Flag cracks earthquake

J-P Mauro

Catholic churches, schools lend aid after Japan earthquake

Blessed Takayama Ukon

J-P Mauro

Vatican investigates miracles of Japanese Christian samurai

Shuri Castle Gate in Okinawa, Japan

Cerith Gardiner

The wisdom of ikigai, the Japanese secret to longevity

J-P Mauro

Archbishop of Tokyo new president of Caritas Internationalis

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Dolors Massot

How a village in Spain helped a young Japanese girl become a nun

NAGASAKI MARTYRS

Daniel Esparza

A 17th-century letter from Japanese Catholics to Pope Paul V

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Daniel Esparza

Katanas and crucifixes: The Japanese Otomo clan

STATUA VERGINE MARIA EIJI OYAMATSU

Daniel Esparza

A 32-foot-tall Virgin Mary statue set for Nagasaki

Matthew Green

The one day every year when Mary is adorned with origami

Daniel Esparza

The sweet treat that the Jesuits turned into a Japanese delicacy

I.Media

Pope Francis ‘deeply saddened’ by assassination of former Japanese prime minister

Tempura

Daniel Esparza

The surprising Catholic origins of Japanese tempura

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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

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