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Pope’s visit to France likely to attract 1M people, with Mass and vigil in Paris and Lourdes trip

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Archbishop Isao Kikuchi

Church appeals for financial aid as Japan quake response continues

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Premium article: Interview: Cardinal Kikuchi sharply critical of Japanese rearmament

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Premium article: Japanese cardinal says two days might not be enough for ‘business’ consistories

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Premium article: G7 summit concludes with promises of multilateral efforts on range of global issues

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Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sept. 10, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Premium article: Card. Kikuchi on what’s coming in the Leonine pontificate

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Cardinal Kikuchi: Catholic schools an evangelizing presence in Japan

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Then-Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo speaks during a briefing about the assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 20, 2023. (Credit: Credit: Lola Gomez/CNS.)

Japanese cardinal says a ‘polite persecution’ faces Christians in Japan

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U.S. President Donald Trump with the Prime Minister of Japan Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 28, 2025. (Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AP.)

Japanese cardinal opposed U.S. plan to renew testing of nuclear weapons

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Card. Kikuchi remembers Japanese PM Murayama

Oct 21, 2025
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A child with other people walks around a cage to look at bugs at an exhibition devoted to insects in Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 2025. (Credit: Yuri Kageyama/AP.)

Low birthrate affecting Catholic Church in Japan

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