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Pope, King meet for private audience and historic joint prayer

Japan

Card. Kikuchi remembers Japanese PM Murayama

Oct 21
Nirmala Carvalho

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

Oct 16
Nirmala Carvalho

Japan's death chamber. (Credit: AP.)

Cardinal calls for Japan to stop using the death penalty

Oct 15
Nirmala Carvalho

Top Asian cardinal says ‘no one is exempt’ from synodal path for Church

Sep 6
Nirmala Carvalho

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, center, and Empress Masako bow in front of the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing as they visit the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan Thursday, June 19, 2025. Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui is at left. (Credit: Kai Naito/Kyodo News via AP.)

A world without nuclear weapons is needed, Japanese cardinal says

Aug 5
Nirmala Carvalho

Cardinal-designate Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo speaks at an Oct. 8, 2024, press briefing at the Vatican for the Synod of Bishops. (Credit: Lola Gomez/CNS.)

Japanese cardinal explains why Pope Leo XIV was chosen in the conclave

May 12
Nirmala Carvalho

Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan, right, receives his cardinal’s biretta from Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican on Dec. 7, 2024. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Japanese cardinal denies knowledge of sexual abuse case

May 6
Nirmala Carvalho

Pope Francis in Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 26, 2019. (Credit: Pool Photo via AP.)

Japanese cardinal remembers influence of Pope Francis in the world

Apr 23
Nirmala Carvalho

Papal rosary presented to Japanese boxer who was world’s longest death row inmate

Feb 26
Nirmala Carvalho

Displaced Palestinians return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip, following Israel’s decision to allow thousands of them to go back for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

Japanese cardinal supports efforts to aid Gaza, but questions plans to bring injured to Japan

Feb 5
Nirmala Carvalho

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Pope, King meet for private audience and historic joint prayer

Oct 23
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Pope Leo says the Resurrection of Jesus provides a way against sadness

Oct 22
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Citizens hold human chain against construction of garbage facility near Church in Bangladesh

Oct 22
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Christian pastor arrested in India’s largest state

Oct 22
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