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.
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The Bells of Nagasaki Still Call the World to Pray for Peace
A symphony of lives were impacted by the atomic bomb that devastated Nagasaki, Japan, and the witness of Servant of God Takashi Nagai, whose Catholic faith rose from those ashes.
Ringing Out Hope in Nagasaki
COMMENTARY: My interest in Japanese Catholicism was reignited recently by the Nagasaki Bell Project...
Sister Agnes Sasagawa, Our Lady of Akita Visionary, Dies at 93
Japanese nun and Catholic convert died Aug. 15.
The Nagasaki Mission House Built by St. Maximilian Kolbe That Survived the Atomic Bomb
While the bombing devastated both the city of Nagasaki and its large Catholic population, the monastery of Seibo no Kishi located in the mountains on the outskirts of Nagasaki was spared.
Before the Darkness of World War II, St. Maximilian Kolbe Brought Christ’s Light to Nagasaki
This new book on the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki feature a triptych of interweaving lives, including St. Maximilian Kolbe
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.’
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki Killed Two-Thirds of the City’s Catholics 78 Years Ago
Since the 16th century, Nagasaki has been an important center of Catholicism in Japan, initially evangelized by Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries.
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.’
Mary, the New Eve, Shall Crush the Serpent’s Head
“After his fall, man was not abandoned by God. On the contrary, God calls him and in a mysterious way heralds … the first announcement of the Messiah and Redeemer, of a battle between the serpent and the Woman, and of the final victory of a descendant of hers.” (CCC 410)
