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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 16, 2022
Suspect test-fired gun used to kill Abe near Unification Church facility: sources
According to the prefectural police, the pellet-like metallic fragments collected from the shooting site and the religious group facility premises are each about 1 centimeter in size.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2022
Abe shooting suspect's mother donated ¥100 million to Unification Church, uncle says
The suspect told investigators that his family fell apart after his mother made big donations to the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 13, 2022
Suspect in Abe assassination planned to attack religious group leader
Tetsuya Yamagami planned an attack on the Unification Church leader when she visited Japan in 2019 to attend an event.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 12, 2022
Unification Church: A global religious movement
The group, famed for its mass weddings and business connections, has now found itself in the headlines following the assassination of Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 5, 2022
Vatican envoy in Hong Kong warns Catholic missions to prepare for China crackdown
The Vatican's unofficial representative in Hong Kong delivered a stark message before finishing his six-year posting in March: The freedoms they had enjoyed for decades were over.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 1, 2022
‘I feel shame and pain’: Pope apologizes to Indigenous people of Canada
Francis also promised he would travel to Canada, where he would be better able to show 'my closeness” as part of a process of healing and reconciliation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 18, 2022
In Philippines election, priests opposed to Marcos adopt pink
Like-minded clerics in Asia's biggest Catholic nation have abandoned their neutrality to oppose the presidential bid of the son of a former dictator.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2021
Chinese bishops and priests brief Hong Kong clerics on Xi's view of religion
The meeting has been described as Beijing's most assertive move yet in its attempts to influence Hong Kong's diocese, which is answerable to the Vatican.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 4, 2021
Pope, in Easter message, slams weapons spending in time of pandemic
Pope Francis urged countries in his Easter message on Sunday to quicken distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly to the world's poor, and called armed conflict and military spending during a pandemic "scandalous."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2020
Nuns arrested as Beijing turns up heat on Catholic Church in Hong Kong
The Catholic Church in Hong Kong is coming under mounting pressure as China moves to extinguish opposition voices in the city under a new national security law.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 25, 2020
Pope calls Uighurs ‘persecuted,’ prompting pushback from China
The reference to abuses against Uighurs, which Beijing has long denied despite mounting evidence, could tarnish the recent warming of relations between the Vatican and China.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 22, 2020
Your sexuality can make you enemy of the state in Poland
Once a model European Union country diligently integrating with its Western allies, Poland stands out even among eastern members for the way it is rebelling against Brussels.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 21, 2020
Pope says coronavirus should spark new environmental awareness
The drastic reduction in pollution during coronavirus lockdowns around the world should lead to greater concern for the environment as restrictions are lifted, Pope Francis said on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 3, 2020
Catholic bishops forum finds 16 cases of child sexual abuse in Japan
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan has found 16 cases of sexual abuse against minors spanning from the 1950s to the 2010s in its internal probe of churches in the country, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 3, 2020
Prosecutors to examine Nagasaki Catholic priest's alleged 'indecency'
Police have turned over to prosecutors their case on alleged "forced indecency" by a priest assigned to the Archdiocese of Nagasaki, according to informed sources.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 16, 2020
Pope names first woman to senior Vatican diplomatic post
Pope Francis on Wednesday named the first woman to hold a high-ranking post in the Secretariat of State, the male-dominated Vatican's diplomatic and administrative nerve center.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 13, 2020
Japan's rockin' pastor: Counseling those living on a prayer
No ordinary pastor, Kazuhiro Sekino wields a bass guitar like a rock star to bring his congregation together.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 1, 2020
U.S. alarmed by China's trial and sentencing of Christian 'house' church pastor
The United States expressed alarm on Tuesday at the trial and sentencing to a nine-year prison term of the pastor of one of China's best-known unregistered "house" churches.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 22, 2019
Catholic priest in Nagasaki accused of sexual harassment
A woman in Nagasaki Prefecture has lodged a complaint with the police saying she was sexually harassed by a Catholic priest, it was learned Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2019
With visit to Japan, Pope Francis will fulfill decades-old dream of teaching the faith in Japan
Pope Francis' trip to Japan this weekend might fulfill a wish he gave up on decades ago as a young man in South America.

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