Papal Thailand and Japan Visit News
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Pope bids farewell to Japan, leaves hearts overflowing with gratitude
Nov 26, 2019
Pope Francis concludes his Apostolic Journey to Japan, fulfilling his dream to be a missionary to the country and spurring the Japanese Church to protect all life.
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Pope receives Scholas Occurrentes on its launch in Japan
Nov 26, 2019
On the penultimate day of his November 19-26 Apostolic Journey in Thailand and Japan, Pope Francis met representatives of the Scholas Occurrentes at the Apostolic Nunciature in Japan.
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After the Pope's visit, the friendship between Buddhists and Catholics is even deeper
Nov 26, 2019
The deputy abbot of the Wat Phra Chetuphon royal temple gives his thoughts. The Holy Father is simple, kind and serene, and the world “should take him as an example”. For him, “Christianity and Buddhism are similar to the wings of a bird: they work together and allow the animal to fly.”
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Pope at Sophia University in Japan: Seek, find, and spread Divine Wisdom
Nov 26, 2019
Pope Francis visits Sophia University in Tokyo at the conclusion of his Apostolic Visit to Japan, and affirms that “quality education should not be the privilege of a few."
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Social media takes on personal face as Pope visits Sophia University
Nov 26, 2019
As Pope Francis concludes his Apostolic Journey to Japan, students and staff at Sophia University wonder at how they came to greet him in person.
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Fr Manerba: The miracle of the sun in Nagasaki
Nov 26, 2019
People show wonder and gratitude for Pope Francis’s visit to Japan whilst Catholics bear witness to the solace of faith. Fr Lorenzo Manerba has been a missionary in the Land of the Rising Sun for 46 years.
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Pope in Japan: Fukushima compels rethinking nuclear power
Nov 26, 2019
Francis met the victims of the "triple disaster", as it is known in Japan referring to the earthquake, the tsunami and the 2011 nuclear accident. To young people, "things are important, but people are indispensable". "We must all unite against this culture of bullying and learn to say: enough! It is an epidemic you must find the medicine for it yourself ".
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Pope in Japan: A "field hospital" Church that offers reconciliation and forgiveness
Nov 26, 2019
Dialogue, solidarity and a rethinking of a society conditioned by careerism were the central themes of the afternoon of the penultimate day of Pope Francis' visit to Japan, marked by the celebration of Mass at the Tokyo Dome, in front of over 50 thousand people, by the visit to the Prime Minister and the meeting with the country's political, civil and religious authorities.
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Pope in Japan: Overview of Day Three
Nov 26, 2019
Pope Francis started Monday picking up the same theme he left off with on Sunday: atomic energy.
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Pope to authorities: Your heritage is precious, your morals high
Nov 26, 2019
Pope Francis addresses members of civil society and the diplomatic corps, in Japan, and urges them to cherish their precious cultural heritage, maintaining solidarity with all members of our human family.
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Sunday Reflection
Third Sunday of Easter: Witnesses
Today’s Gospel reading is an Easter account from the Gospel of Luke. It begins with the events that took place on the evening of Easter Sunday, after Jesus had appeared to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus.
