The Japanese Martyrs: Evangelizers Through Blood
COMMENTARY: St. Paul Miki and his companions did more than simply die for the faith. They lived it with missionary vigor and intentionality that ensured it would outlive them.
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Thanksgiving by Fire: The Martyrdom of Blessed Leonardo Kimura
Arrested in 1616 and martyred three years later, Blessed Leonardo Kimura faced torture and flames with a serenity that astonished onlookers and strengthened the Church in Nagasaki.
‘Marvel’s Man in Japan’ Now Chronicles Catholic Martyrs
Gene Pelc discusses St. John Paul II, Spider-Man and why he wrote a new book on the Japanese martyrs.
Changing Face of Catholic Church in Japan Amid Nation’s Existential Crisis
ANALYSIS: 4 Things I Learned in 14 Days in Japan
Nagasaki’s Continuous Martyrdom: From the Hidden Church to the Atomic Bomb
‘After Christ’s example, I forgive my persecutors. I do not hate them. I ask God to have pity on all, and I hope my blood will fall on my fellow men as a fruitful rain.’
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.’
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.
