Two Sixths of August, 333 Years Apart
‘To remember the past,’ said Pope St. John Paul II in Hiroshima, ‘is to commit oneself to the future.’
Results from Tag: 'japanese martyrs'
Amakusa Shiro and the Holocaust at Shimabara
A stronghold of Christendom once flourished in Japan, with a peninsula called Shimabara at its head.
Fighting the Zeitgeist in Old Catholic Japan
On a Lenten Friday in 1614, the Tokugawa scourge arrived in Chikuzen, Japan.
A Lenten Sacrifice in Shimabara
In his hatred for Christ, the Shogun Iemitsu acted as if he were possessed — and the Christians of Japan felt his wrath.
The Galleon, the Tyrant and the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki
The air was electric with a holy silence, all Nagasaki dumb with grief, as the parade of martyrs marched past toward the hilltop where their crosses waited.
A Winter Offering: The 53 Martyrs of Yonezawa
In January 1629, with hands bound and rosaries around their necks, this group of Catholic faithful were beheaded in Yonezawa, Japan.
The Eight Martyrs of Arima Proclaimed the Name of Jesus to the End
“Behold the faith of Arima’s Christians. For the honor and glory of the Lord and as a testimony to our faith we now die, knowing that there is no salvation other than through Jesus Christ.”
A Tale of Two Easters and a Miracle in Japan
In 1616, on Holy Saturday evening, a great fire — not lit by human hands — appeared on a mountaintop in Japan
Pope Francis Honors Heroism of Japanese Martyrs of Nagasaki
‘I have come here as a pilgrim to pray, to confirm you in the faith, and to be confirmed by the faith of these brothers and sisters,’ he said.
The Japanese Martyrs for Christ
Martyrs of Japan and, indeed, all Christians martyrs, pray for us.
