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At the 6-months mark, Pope Leo finds his footing and starts charting his own path and style

Japan

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

Nov 5
Nirmala Carvalho

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
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At the 6-months mark, Pope Leo finds his footing and starts charting his own path and style

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Nov 7
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Indigenous community in Bangladesh protest discrimination

Nov 7
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Catholics in Cameroon not enthused as President Biya begins 8th term

Nov 7
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