My interest in Japanese Catholicism was reignited recently by the Nagasaki Bell Project, a noble effort being led by ...

Francis had long harbored a special hope for missionary activity in Japan, following in the footsteps of St. Francis Xavier, one of the first Jesuit missionaries to reach Japanese shores in the 16th ...

The religious family to which the new pontiff belonged, and which he led as Prior General for 12 years, has a long history of missionary presence on the Asian continent, beginning with the Basilica of ...

St. Francis Xavier is another important namesake. One of the 16th century founders of the Jesuit order, Francis Xavier was a legendary missionary who spread the faith as far as India and Japan ...

Takamatsu, 76, is one of two Japanese cardinals at the conclave. His great-grandfather, who personally lived the experience ...

According to the rules established by St. John Paul II, only cardinals under 80 years old will participate in the vote to ...

If Seoul opts for homegrown nukes, this would lead to a domino effect, note associate professors of political science at St.

Neri noted that Francis made five Indian saints during his pontificate — St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara and St. Euphrasia ... and advocating for justice,” he added. Archbishop Francis Xavier Vira ...

More than 100,000 mourners filed into St ... with Francis seeking to overhaul a divided institution but battling with traditionalists who opposed his many changes. "He humanised the church, without ...

If Seoul opts for homegrown nukes, this would lead to a domino effect, note associate professors of political science at St.

In 2025, a new atomic arms race is stirring, this time not provoked by Russia, China or North Korea — who have been ramping up their arsenals — but instead by President Donald Trump's trade war, and ...