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January 23, 2019

On flight to Panama, Pope Francis confirms November trip to Japan

Pope Francis tries on a scarf given to him by a reporter from Panama Jan. 23, 2019, aboard his flight from Rome to Panama for World Youth Day.
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO PANAMA – While speaking to a journalist aboard his flight to Panama, Pope Francis confirmed that he will visit Japan this year.
Published in International
February 23, 2018

Speaking Out: Lessons from Hiroshima

A Japanese woman suffers burns from thermal radiation after the United States dropped nuclear bombs on Japan in World War II.
I was reading Dennis Bocks’ The Ash Garden for English class last semester. The book follows the story of three main characters affected by the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima during the Second World War.
Published in YSN: Speaking Out
February 11, 2017

17th century Samurai martyr beatified in Japan

Takayama Ukon, a 17th century Catholic Samurai and martyr was beatified during a Mass in Osaka, Japan Feb. 7.

TOKYO, Japan – A 17th century Catholic Samurai and martyr was beatified during a Mass in ‎Osaka, Japan on Tuesday.

Published in Faith
August 6, 2015

U.S. bishop in Japan: American bishops will push for nuclear disarmament

People pray at a memorial in Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, to commemorate the victims of the atomic bombing of the city by the United States in 1945. Delegation members from the World Council of Churches, in Hiroshima for the commemoration, said they would return home to build a movement to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

HIROSHIMA, Japan - For a long minute on a sunny morning, silence fell over the memorial park that commemorates the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city.

Published in International
August 12, 2014

Pope Francis heads East, pointing to a new future for his Western Church

Pope Francis heads East, pointing to a new future for his Western Church

Pope Francis departs Aug. 14 on a five-day trip to South Korea, his first to Asia and the start of an important new papal focus on the region: In January, Francis will return to visit Sri Lanka and the Philippines, and a trip to Japan — where the Pope wanted to go as a young priest — is reportedly under consideration.

Published in Vatican
March 13, 2012

Toronto's prayers offered on anniversary of Japanese earthquake

Members of Toronto’s Japanese Catholic Community offer special prayers for Japan on the anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that struck March 11, 2011.

TORONTO - Though they’ve watched from a distance, Toronto’s Japanese Catholic Community has prayed with intensity for Japan as the country continues to rebuild following the devastation of the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that struck March 11, 2011.

The small group gathered on the first anniversary of the disaster for its regular monthly Mass, and special prayers for Japan.

Many of the Japanese Catholics at Mass had come from an ecumenical and interfaith prayer service earlier in the day at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.

Published in Canada: Toronto-GTA