A Catholic Church in Nagasaki, destroyed by the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing of the city. Public domain / null
ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 9, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).
Today marks the 78th anniversary of the second atomic bomb dropped by the United Stat… […]
The Church of Foreign Missions in Paris. / Credit: EBASCOL/Shutterstock
Vatican City, Jun 21, 2023 / 11:45 am (CNA).
French bishops announced Wednesday that the newly established National Canonical Criminal Tribunal will open an investigation i… […]
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Washington D.C., Apr 25, 2023 / 15:20 pm (CNA).
Japan is now one step closer to legalizing an abortion pill despite some pushback from a small but dedicated pro-life movement protesting the government’s efforts.&nbs… […]
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St. Louis, Mo., Jan 27, 2023 / 11:10 am (CNA).
Japan’s health minister announced Jan. 20 that the government is launching an investigation into reports that a Japanese social service agency has been recommending sterilizatio… […]
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St. Louis, Mo., Jan 25, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently warned that Japan’s birthrate — one of the lowest in the world — is not sustainable and that the ongoing population decline in the co… […]
A 17th-century Japanese depiction of St. Francis Xavier, from the Kobe City Museum collection. / Public Domain.
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 3, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA).
How far would you go to serve God? Would you be willing to travel to t… […]
As the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan approaches, it is worth pondering the concept of unconditional surrender – a policy often regarded by Catholic critics of the bombing as the real reason the […]
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Vatican City, Jul 9, 2022 / 05:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis expressed his condolences at the assassination of Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, who was shot on Friday while giving a speech in the city of Nar… […]
Pope Francis meets with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Vatican, May 4, 2022. / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, May 4, 2022 / 10:57 am (CNA).
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with Pope Francis on Wednesday and told Vatican off… […]
Maximilian Maria Kolbe has become a brilliant pillar and testament to Christian sacrifice in the decades following World War II. It was a war that dipped beyond the technological advances that contributed to all the […]
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