What does it mean to be Japanese and Catholic?

Be witnesses of hope in the face of evil, Francis urges Catholics in Nagasaki

On the Feast of Christ the King Sunday, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to not be indifferent to evil, but to bear witness to hope and to the kingdom of God still to come.

Pope Francis honors heroism of Japanese martyrs of Nagasaki

Pope Francis Sunday honored the many martyrs who died in Japan during two centuries of persecution, encouraging Catholics in the country to use their heroic witness as inspiration...

At Nagasaki ground zero, pope denounces 'unspeakable horror' of nuclear weapons

At the ground zero site of the 1945 nuclear attack on Nagasaki, Pope Francis said the threat of using nuclear weapons is not the way to build peace and shared responsibility in the...

What does it mean to be Japanese and Catholic? Pope Francis in Japan raises the question

For centuries, Japanese intellectuals, emperors, and missionaries have asked the same question: What does it mean to be both Japanese and Catholic?

Japanese Catholic youth: Pope Francis 'like a grandfather to us'

Wearing a t-shirt with a cartoon image of Pope Francis, Minori Takeuchi energetically bounces while she walks outside Joseph Hall, switching between English and Japanese as she...